Thread by @Chxta

This map is from a presentation made after #NigeriaDecides2019. Note where state actors engaged in violence. Opposition strongholds.

Today's nonsense in Alaba is same just earlier in the process. Voter suppression. You can download the full report here: bit.ly/3O3j6l7

Present at that report were people from @inecnigeria @HQNigerianArmy @PoliceNG @official_NSCDC and a host of other actors in the election and security matrix.

The report was adopted, and INEC promised to do better. bit.ly/3aIxnp4

Having pointed out all of this, we must come to terms with the flaws in our system and figure out ways around them.

@inecnigeria has started CVR. There's really no reason why we should be doing lastminute.com voter reg and creating choke points politicians can exploit.

To put it simply, if the guys from Alaba hadn't spent so much time listening to charlatans such as Nnamdi Kanu, they could have mobilised to register in bits over the last two years, thus depriving thuggish would-be rulers the ability to (attempt to) prevent registration.

It's a lesson we all in #Nigeria have to learn. Rescuing this country, whatever that means, is a marathon, not a sprint.

#NigeriaDecides2023 will come and go. The time to start preparing for #NigeriaDecides2027 is immediately. No time to rest on oars at all.

As you were.