[Opinion by abati1990] 2023: Before the elections | TheCable 2023Elections
the Republics of Benin, Comoros, Cote d’Ivoire, Djibouti, Egypt, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Somaliland, South Sudan, Sudan, Swaziland, Togo and Zimbabwe.
For now, there seems to be an informal consensus that out of the 18 political parties in the race, only four political parties and four candidates can be taken seriously: the Peoples Democratic Party and Waziri Atiku Abubakar, the All Progressives Congress and Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the Labour Party and Mr Peter Obi and the New Nigeria People’s Party and Dr Musa Rabiu Kwankwaso.
What has lent it further oxygen, however, is the New Year endorsement by President Olusegun Obasanjo who says Peter Obi in his own estimation has an “edge” over other candidates in Nigeria’s presidential race. Having been an issue in Nigerian politics for more than five decades, Obasanjo has learnt the artful game of owning the moment and that is precisely what he has done this time around.
We have been told by the Independent National Electoral Commission that the only way to do this is for the people to get their voting cards. Unfortunately, the ongoing PVC collection exercise is a nightmare. In the South West, there have been allegations that non-Yoruba persons are not allowed to collect PVCs. In the East, there are allegations that militant groups are chasing people away from PVC collection centres. In the North, it is alleged that under-aged children are being given PVCs.
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