Atiku unlikely to win his electoral dispute – ex US Ambassador vanguardngr.com vanguardnews
A former United State Ambassador to Nigeria, has said that the All Progressives Congress and the Peoples Democratic Party are undemocratic in spirit and function primarily to contest elections rather than to promote legislation or policy just as he said that the Atiku Abubakar, the PDP presidential candidate in the 2019 presidential election is unlikely to win his electoral dispute in court.
John Campbell, in an article titled: ‘Nigeria’s Election Disappoints’ said the election was “marred by historically low turnout and credible allegations of rigging”.He also went on to say that the courts will unlikely overturn the election result in favour of Atiku Abubakar, the PDP presidential candidate saying ‘Abubakar says he will contest the election, but Buhari’s margin of victory—some four million votes—is so large that it is unlikely courts will overturn the result.
Buhari and his main challenger, former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, both Muslims from the Fulani ethnic group in the country’s north, are part of the political class that has dominated Nigeria since independence in 1960. Their contest meant there would be no generational leadership change in a country where the average age is eighteen and half of registered voters are under thirty-five. Buhari, who spent much of his last term abroad for medical treatment, hardly campaigned at all.
Of the more than eighty million Nigerians registered to vote this year, only about 35 percent actually voted. In the north, where Buhari is popular among the poor, turnout was around 50 percent. But in the predominantly Christian south and east, where Abubakar was favored, turnout stood around 20 percent, a continuation of a long decline in voter participation.Nigeria’s influence across sub-Saharan Africa is outsized.
Abubakar says he will contest the election, but Buhari’s margin of victory—some four million votes—is so large that it is unlikely courts will overturn the result. Aside from some small pro-Abubakar demonstrations, Nigerians appear resigned to the outcome. The poor quality of this election cycle and the low and declining number of voters do not inspire confidence, and some Nigerians have begun to question whether democracy is right for their country.
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