The elections have also deepened Nigeria’s multiparty democracy and broadened the political arena in a very profound manner.
Five different political parties have produced state sovernors, seven parties won senatorial seats, while eight parties are represented in the House of Representatives and nine parties in State Houses of Assembly. This is the broadest party representation we have had in the Fourth Republic. In some states around the country, different political parties control the legislative and executive arms of government.
The terrible trends that emerged from the election were hate messaging, voter suppression and vote buying. If today there is a bifurcated country, in terms of personal judgments of who won or lost the presidency, it is because of massive ethno-religious hate messaging that characterised the electoral campaigns. Identity politics and its manipulation reached its zenith during the campaigns and such behaviour has not abated.
The other troubling element of the election was that in spite of the currency shortage, vote buying was very high, and where candidates could not secure cash, the used goods to pay voters. The danger of such behaviour is transforming citizens into co-conspirators is destroying their civic rights; their mandate. These negative elements of the elections must occupy the centre stage in the proposed review of the 2023 elections.
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