In late February, Nigeria held a presidential election that many citizens regard as flawed and illegitimate. The vote wasn’t expected to go smoothly, but accusations of vote-rigging were immediate. There were reports of people snatching ballot boxes and gunmen attacking polling stations. A new electronic voting system that aimed to make the election more transparent did not go according to plan; electoral staff at some locations failed to upload results, leading to further accusations of tampering.
A week later, Nigerians woke up to the news that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had declared Bola Tinubu the winner. Tinubu had not technically passed the threshold for outright victory in the first round, as he did not achieve 25 percent of the vote in
