2019 Elections: Democracy is Being Endangered - THISDAYLIVE via thisdaylive
The essence of democracy is to give citizens equal access and conducive atmosphere to elect their leaders. Anything less is a threat to democracy. The current progressive decline of the quality of elections in Nigeria is worrisome because the issue is pushing the country’s democracy to its grave. The just concluded supplementary elections in Kano, Sokoto, Plateau, Benue, Bauchi were not better than the one conducted on 9th March 2019 by Independent National Electoral Commission .
More controversial was the Kano rerun election described by most election observers as nothing but a sham and a charade that turned the tenets of democracy on its head. In broad daylight, politicians deployed political thugs that overpowered the security agencies and forced the electorate to leave the polling units. There were clear instances where party agents and political thugs tortured and intimidated voters into voting their candidates.
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