(29 May 2003)
1. Wide shot of Eagle Square
2. Rwandan President Paul Kagame arriving
3. South African President Thabo Mbeki arriving and greeting Nigerian officials
4. Journalists taking pictures
5. Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe arriving
6. Presidential police on horseback
7. Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo standing
8. Minister of Transport praying for the ceremony
9. Obasanjo praying
10. Army Commander giving signal that Obasanjo can take honour guard
11. Obasanjo in military jeep waving to crowds
12. Women singing 'Obasanjo you have won' in Hausa
13. Obasanjo taking the oath
14. Judges
15. Obasanjo signing book
16. Obasanjo being congratulated
17. Obasanjo leaving Eagle Square
STORYLINE:
President Olusegun Obasanjo took the oath of office for a second term as Nigeria's leader on Thursday, in a landmark for civilian-run democracy in Africa's most populous nation.
More than a dozen fellow African leaders watched as Obasanjo, in traditional white robes, raised his hand before an invitation-only crowd under high security in Nigeria's capital.
Obasanjo called his re-election "affirmation our leadership is trustworthy", after a first term widely acknowledged to have failed at reigning in Nigeria's rampant corruption and ethnic, religious and political violence.
Nigeria, an oil-rich nation of 120 (m) million people, has never managed a successful civilian-run presidential election.
Military coups foiled all previous attempts, sometimes weeks after the vote. Obasanjo's 1999 election to a first term in a military-run vote, ended 15 years of often brutal, corrupt military rule.
He easily won re-election on April 19, in a vote that opposition candidates charged was marred by fraud.
International observers expressed concern at the allegations, but none questioned the victory of Obasanjo, a southern Christian, over top rival Muhammadu Buhari, a northern Muslim.
Both men were themselves former junta leaders.
Obasanjo said he set healing the wounds of the election as his first task, and acknowledged criticism of his job so far.
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