Nigeria: INEC frustrating registration of new political party — Coalition

There appears to be a simmering cold war between the Coalition of Political Leaders, which includes former Vice President Atiku Abubakar and former Kaduna State Governor Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).

The spokesman of the group, Salihu Lukman, in a press statement on Monday, accused INEC of deliberately frustrating its efforts to register an alternative political platform.

Lukman maintained that efforts by individual leaders…