Analysis - Super Camps and military vigilance in the North, and Peter Obi's candidature in the southeast quelled much potential violence.
To complete the process, please follow the instructions in the email we just sent you.Finally, post-election tensions were heightened by logistical and technological challenges that prevented the direct uploading of results from each polling unit to the INEC server, particularly after the leading opposition candidates of the PDP and LP rejected the elections before the results were announced.
Imrana Alhaji Buba is a PhD researcher at the Department of Political Science, University of Oslo. His research is on the dynamics of political violence in Nigeria, especially the unintended negative consequences of civilian self-protection in the context of Boko Haram insurgency, communal violence, and organized crime.
Before starting the PhD, he founded the Youth Coalition Against Terrorism , a volunteer-based youth organization working to unite youth against violent extremism in northern Nigeria. He received the 2016 Queen's Young Leaders Award from Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and the 2017 JCI Ten Outstanding Young Persons of the World Award for his effort to counter violent extremism and promote a culture of peace in Nigeria.
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