Which is why I want to take you back to the recently concluded party primaries, and consider a few provisional issues that might be important to anticipate now. Differences of opinion aside, all were in agreement that the high level of voter turn-out during the party primaries was remarkable. This pattern of high repression levels and low voter turn-out was repeated throughout Kanu’s regime. Since Kanu was the only political party, failure to get its nomination certificate meant that one would have to suspend their political ambitions. Which is why it is not surprising, that a number of incumbents lost in the party primaries.

Source: Standard Digital May 27, 2017 20:49 UTC