Goodluck Jonathan is likely to win this month’s elections in Nigeria. And that outcome is almost certain to be controversial.
Already one can anticipate that the opposition will decry the results of the elections as illegitimate. The four main opposition candidates pulled out of last week’s televised presidential debate a week after Jonathan had failed to take part in a debate. This is the sort of tit for tat that sets the groundwork for lingering bad feelings. And Nigeria does not need these sorts of bad feelings on the eve of an election that might prove to be among the most vital in the country’s history.
