Key questions this article answers:
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Since 1999 (except in 2015), all presidential elections have had some kind of court action. What do these past incidences teach us about the Labour and Peoples Democratic Parties' quest to challenge the outcome of the 2023 elections?
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What hurdles will the Labour and Peoples Democratic Party candidates need to cross to challenge INEC’s 2023 presidential election results successfully?
After decades of adapting to a Bring Your Own Infrastructure (BYOI) model across Nigeria—providing your own water, electricity and security—Nigerians have now begun collating their own election results.
Since the presidential election of February 25th, there have been multiple efforts to gather and collate the results from polling units across the country. This DIY election counting is happening because some Nigerians, like the Labour Party and the PDP, do not trust the results as declared by INEC.
It's now Bring Your Own Collation.
The new process