nigerian elections
No new dawn for Nigeria?
Muhammadu Buhari has been declared president after a vote plagued by delays, logistical issues and violence. Given his previous performance, it’s unclear he’ll be up to the challenge of the next four years
Bonaventure Nnagboro has made the 496km journey from Lagos to his voting district in Nigeria’s South East political zone twice in the past few weeks. First, for the national elections scheduled for February 16 — a vote that was postponed just hours before polling stations were due to open because of "logistics challenges". Then, for the rescheduled February 23 presidential and parliamentary poll — the state-level election will follow this weekend — an event that was itself beset by logistical issues. Independent National Electoral Commission (Inec) staff arrived late at the polling station, and the smart-card readers used to verify voter identity weren’t operational until the late afternoon. So while the original turnout at the polling station had been high, he said, this was not reflected in the number of voters who actually stayed to cast their ballots. Nnagboro’s experience of the election — billed as a tight race between incumbent president Muhammadu Buhari of the ruling All Pro...
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