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Bola Tinubu Wins Nigeria's Presidential Election

  • #Nigeria
  • #Politics
  • #Governance
  • #Electoral systems
  • #Niger
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FEB 2023
Image copyright: Premium Times Nigeria
story last updated MAR 2023

The Spin

Narrative A

The electoral process in Nigeria has been marred by the incompetence of the INEC. Voters' and observers' trust in the process was eroded due to inadequate communication and lack of transparency about the cause of several failures on Saturday, which came amid widespread allegations of vote buying. There is enough evidence to affirm that the electoral body has been manipulating the entire process to benefit the ruling APC.

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Narrative B

There are no legal or moral justifications for annulling this electoral process, only an anti-democratic desire among some — those who act as if they own Nigeria — to replicate the 1993 cancellation that tipped the country into chaos. It is strange that allegations of vote rigging emerged only when the APC had a strong lead, and not when Labor's Obi was declared the winner in Lagos in a subversion of the projected result.

Premium Times Nigeria

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