Coercion or Conviction:  The troubling surge of political defections in Nigeria

By Shu’aibu Usman Leman_ The recent flurry of defections to the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Nigeria has ignited a fervent and often acrimonious debate concerning the true motivations underpinning these significant political realignments. While some observers might readily interpret this discernible trend as a resounding endorsement of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s nascent administration and…

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Group rejects Tinubu’s call for reconciliation in Benue, says terrorists behind killings, not conflict  

Leaders of Benue communities in the diaspora have rejected President Bola Tinubu’s statement suggesting that the killings in Benue state by criminal fulani herdsmen is a communal conflict. In an open letter issued following the June 14 massacre in Yelewata, Guma LGA, where over 200 people were reportedly killed by suspected armed herders, the diaspora group said the call…

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