Author: Ayo Obe | Journal of Democracy

Ayo Obe is a Lagos-based legal practitioner and registered voter in Nigeria. A former head of Nigeria’s Civil Liberties Organisation, she was head of Nigeria’s Transition Monitoring Group, was a member of the Police Service Commission, and headed the National Democratic Institute’s Abuja Elections Programme from 2006 to 2009.

July 2019, Volume 30, Issue 3

Aspirations and Realities in Africa: Nigeria’s Emerging Two-Party System?

Ayo Obe

Election officials made strides toward secure voter identification, and a two-party system appears to be emerging, but the 2019 elections revealed continuing problems with vote-buying and violence.