The Financial Times says Nigeria’s recently concluded presidential election was flawed and mismanaged.
In an editorial published on Wednesday, the London-based publication said the results of the election failed to pass the basic message of democracy — that a nation can choose its leaders.
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“The election – which appears to have delivered the presidency to Bola Tinubu, a wealthy political fixer running for the incumbent All Progressives Congress – was badly mismanaged at best. It failed to set the example needed for west Africa, a region where too many national leaders have extended term limits or resorted to seizing power at gunpoint. Nigeria remains a democracy, but only just,” the editorial reads.
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According to the paper, President Muhammadu Buhari failed to deliver on his promise of a free and fair election and “had staked what remains of his tattered reputation on a clean contest”, however, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) failed to deliver.
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