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Peace on paper, peril in practice: Why 2027’s elections remain at risk, By Dakuku Peterside
Premium Times
There is something reassuring about the ritual of political rivals gathering beneath the same roof and signing their names to a common promise of peace. In a country where elections have too often been accompanied by intimidation, inflammatory rhetoric and violence, the symbolism matters. It says that political competition need not become warfare; that opponents […] The post Peace on paper, peril in practice: Why 2027’s elections remain at risk, By Dakuku Peterside appeared first on Premium Times Nigeria.
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