Will the force be with him? Obi shakes up Nigeria’s election | The Listening Post

An electric election campaign has come to an end in Nigeria as voting gets under way for a new president. With a new generation of politically engaged voters, widespread disillusionment with the status quo and a surprise candidate polling strongly, could this election be the inflection point many Nigerians talk about?

Contributors:
Ayisha Osori - Director of the Executive Vice President’s Office, Open Society Foundations
Joachim MacEbong - Senior analyst, Stears
Bukola Adebayo - Correspondent, Context Newsroom

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