Tag: Bolaji O. Akinyemi

2023 Presidential Election: process and the result. By Bolaji O. Akinyemi

Emporium Reporters

At exactly 4:10am, Mahmood Yakubu the Chairman of INEC, the only one empowered by the constitution to declare the results of our presidential election has acted, thus igniting the mood of celebration in Lagos, a state, his pronounced winner lost to Obi during the election. Whether the declaration is constitutional or not, lawyers will tell us. His proclaimed winner, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, while the results were being collated had advised those who may not be disposed to the outcome of the result to go to court. It reminded me…

2023 Election: Muhammadu Buhari; Tinubu’s Burden And APC Quagmire, By Bolaji O. Akinyemi

Emporium Reporters

Our democracy is practiced on political party basis, our constitution has no recognition for individual candidacy, had it, Muhammadu Buhari would have successfully become the President without much ado. He is no doubt a political phenomenon, his cult like followership in the North is an undeniable proof of this. The constancy of his 11 million votes in 2003, 2007, 2011 established one thing; those 11 million people were not voting for his political parties, but for Muhammadu Buhari. Democracy is a game played in numbers, it therefore made a lot…