2023 Nigeria’s election and its twists

Democracy, government by the people and for the people, has lost its flavor as its processes are being thwarted. Considering the 2023 Nigerian Election its obvious its oligarchy not democracy that rolled out. The rich few took over the polity. It was not about competence and capacity but about economic power. It was characterized with vote buying in dollars, intimidation, thuggery and falsification of results. Prejudice was obviously noticed as the umpire in the election failed or performed below expectation. Despite the huge sum of money invested. The Independent National Electoral Commission Result Viewing Point (IREV) was not functional during the Presidential election. The provision of the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BIVAS) not only raised the hopes of the citizens for a credible election butcontributed to the influx of voters at the polling station. However, the money bags dictated the tune of the elections. INEC not only failed. Thugs took over polling stations outright intimidation of voters and xenophobic attack on the Igbo in Lagos.