Bola Tinubu
The nation of Nigeria in West Africa has had a long history of corruption rampage elections and transfers of power from one government to the other since they are in a parliamentary system with the most recent election being no exception. The election, which was held back in February and took several weeks for the ballots to be counted, which the opposition and many others say that this left plenty of time for corruption and tampering with ballots to happen. The winner was Bola Tinubu from the All Progressive congress who won with about 37% of the vote being officially sworn in on May 29. Allegations and instigations occurred all summer until the opposition party (People’s Democratic Party) officially asked the Supreme Court of Nigeria to impeach the president.
Nigerian Supreme Court
Their claim for the appeal was that the election was ‘erred in law’ and corrupt. They also went after Tinubu and stated that he was ineligible to even run due to his supposed dual citizenship and a criminal inditement within the United States. The appeal was ultimately shot down stating firmly that Tinubu will be the president of the nation for the next four years. This was only the second time in the nation’s history that they had a peaceful transition of power (although still lackluster and possibly semi corrupt) and will stand as more proof to the world that Nigeria is continually moving towards democracy.
Sources:
https://apnews.com/article/atiku-court-election-tinubu-appeal-nigeria-b0b279c1cb07ce7124dee26e84022e83
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-64760226
https://www.npr.org/2023/02/28/1160062514/nigeria-election-opposition-parties-call-sham