Taneem. A .Sani

The US mid-term elections once again show why free and fair elections are the bedrock of democracy. People in power make decisions that affect everyone, for better or worse. The power to retain or vote out an individual or group we don’t want, in free, fair and credible elections, is the ultimate sanction that the voter has. Any society where the electorate cannot freely exercise this power, devoid of violence, intimidation and threats, cannot claim to be practising democracy. In any society where the judiciary cannot protect and enforce the right to free, fair and credible elections whose outcomes reflect the will of the people, there cannot be said to be rule of law. The concepts of free, fair and credible elections devoid of violence, intimidation and threats, and of an independent and conscionable judiciary upholding the rule of law, will soon be tested in Nigeria. Let us use our tongue to count our teeth. I am Ezemmuo. I know things.