Nigeria: Fix electoral loophole now, Atiku tells National Assembly — Africa Links 24

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has called for an urgent amendment of Nigeria’s electoral law, warning that what he described as a “dangerous loophole” in the Electoral Act poses a serious threat to the credibility of future elections.

In a strongly worded statement issued on Wednesday and signed by his Senior Special Assistant on Public Communication, Phrank Shaibu, Mr Atiku urged the National Assembly to immediately review provisions of the law that allow discretion in the…