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Nigeria isn’t ready to hold free and fair elections next year

Nigeria isn’t ready to hold free and fair elections next year

The 2019 presidential elections in Nigeria will be the country’s sixth since 1999, when it shifted to democracy after a long period of military rule. Most of these elections have been tarnished by acts of violence – including attacks on politicians – and vote rigging often influences the results. In the past, election violence has…