THE STAGE IS SET AND THE DIE IS CAST AFTER MORE THAN A YEAR OF PITCHING AND PREPARATIONS.
Today marks the historic seventh election in Nigeria’s democratic transition.
17 men are vying to succeed President Muhammadu Buhari, who will finish his second term on May 29, 2023. Only one woman is running in the election.
There are 36 candidates running for president and vice president, with Princess Chichi Ojei, the Allied Peoples Movement’s (APM) presidential candidate, being the only female.
Together with the presidential election, there will be a fight for the nation’s 109 Senate seats and 360 House of Representatives seats.
seats for representatives. 1101 senatorial candidates and 3122 representatives candidates have been approved by the Independent National Electoral Commission, or INEC, to run in the election. But, in Enugu East, where the Labour Party, there won’t be a senatorial race.
Mr. Oyibo Chukwu, a candidate for the LP, was shot and killed by assailants last Wednesday.
According to Sections 34(1) and (3) of the Electoral Act of 2022, if a candidate passes away before the election, the INEC must reschedule the poll within 14 days so that the affected party can replace the deceased candidate.
Despite concerns about security following a string of homicides and violent incidents that followed the campaigns, as well as attacks on INEC’s facilities, the Police and the electoral commission have stated that they are prepared to hold free, fair, and violent-free elections.
Almost 176,000 polling places with 310,973 police officers already on duty have been covered by the police.
Polling Places
Elections in Nigeria would only be held in 176,606 of the country’s 176,846 voting places because 240 of those don’t have any registered voters, according to the INEC.