The latest issue of The Economist hails the arrival of democracy in Nigeria with the election of opposition candidate, Mohammadu Buhari at the ballot boxes and the fact that the incumbent president, Goodluck Jonathan, graciously conceded defeat.
I find myself wondering if The Economist has been a little hasty in its announcement. Mohammadu Buhari, you see, is an ex-general of the Nigerian army, and the man who was head of the state of Nigeria after seizing power in a military coup-de-etat in 1983.
The true test of democracy is peaceful transition of power in two directions. This test has yet to run its course.
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