Election petitions

Election petitions: Nigeria’s judiciary must redeem itself

Election petitions: Nigeria’s judiciary must redeem itself

By Olu Fasan IN Nigeria, elections almost always end up in court. To stem this tide, the Electoral Act of 2022 introduced the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System, BVAS, a technology that would drastically reduce electoral malpractices. If that happened, election results would be more credible and less prone to legal challenge, although election matters remain […]