Nigeria: election delay heightens risks
On Saturday, 7 February, the Nigerian presidential election was officially postponed from 14 February to 28 March due to security concerns. The opposition party, the All Progressives Congress (APC), has called this a “setback for democracy”. They claim that the incumbent People’s Democratic Party (PDP) may be using the terrorist insurgency in the Northeast as an excuse to delay an election they believe they cannot win.With this election set to be the closest since the end…
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