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Political parties may select candidates, it’s the people that select governments, By Akeem Bello
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Political parties may select candidates, it’s the people that select governments, By Akeem Bello

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The Osun election therefore represents something larger than an electoral victory for Ademola Adeleke. It is another demonstration that the Nigerian voter can separate party from candidate, federal politics from state politics and elite preference from personal political judgement. This is what I mean by Nigerians gradually taking over governance. I do not mean that […]

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