Nigeria 2019: A Long Wait To Vote By Comrade Muhammed Adoke As seen by several million Nigerians, the election could be compared to as a referendum on the incumbent administration of President Muhammadu Buhari, to either remain or leave. READ MORE:
Challenged by main rival, Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, incumbent President Muhammadu Buhari had to tango with Seventy One other Candidates which includes the highest proportion of younger aspirants for the most revered Political Position in Nigeria's Democratic history.
This election, typically Nigerian, is not without concerns. Having rescheduled the election barely five hours before voting were set to commence, from its initial date of February 16th 2019, to one week later , the Independent National Electoral Commission gave credence to pessimism among millions of Nigerians. The Head of INEC may have blatantly refused to acknowledge the fact that the Logistics failure of the body is either due to corruption or inefficiency from that department.
Also noteworthy, is the seemingly non-interferrence demonstrated by the State throughout the electioneering processes. This, indeed, is a plus to Nigeria's fledging Democracy. Truth be told, there were several instances where an INEC Officials and ad hoc Staffs alike, had been remanded and are set to be prosecuted for conformity with certain Political parties. This, of course, is a shock reversal from the known hanky panky and hob-nobbings among INEC officials and politicians.
In addition, the cases of dysfunctional card readers were too rampant and shameful for the system. Having abolished the use of incident forms, which provided leverage to Card readers' failure in 2015 election, I had thought that Prof Mahmood's INEC had found lasting solutions to the clog. Nay, my thoughts and expectations turned out to be futile exercises. Nigerians were once again faced with the embarrassing disenfranchisement caused by Card Reader Failures.
There were reports of killings in Rivers, Kogi, Kano, Bayelsa, Oyo, Lagos and Delta States of the country. The casualty figures, as estimated by this writer, is not less than Fifty.
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