ADEKEYE ADEBAJO: Nigerian election: no country for old men
13 March 2023 - 05:04
Presidential and legislative polls were recently conducted in Nigeria under difficult circumstances: a botched change of currency, a fuel shortage, widespread kidnappings, terrorist attacks and crime provided the backdrop to these elections.
Many thus feared that the polls might not occur despite the assurances of the Independent National Electoral Commission. As Nigeria’s preceding three presidential elections had all been postponed, it was a miracle that this one was actually held on time...
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