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In Senegal in 2012, it had gone well. In Guinea in 2010 and DR Congo in 2011, it had been messy. In Ivory Coast in 2011, it had been deadly.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/h2\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"border: 0px; color: #191919; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; letter-spacing: 0.0799999982118607px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 26px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;\"\u003EHow would it turn out in Africa’s most populous nation?\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"border: 0px; color: #191919; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; letter-spacing: 0.0799999982118607px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 26px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;\"\u003EWhen I talked to Nigerians in the run-up to the election, and when I read, listened and watched the Nigerian and Western media, everyone feared clashes would happen after the winner had been announced. This was due to a tense campaign between the incumbent Goodluck Jonathan and his main rival, former military ruler Muhammadu Buhari, but also previous votes since the return of civilian rule in 1999. Nearly every time the results were given, deadly skirmishes followed. In 2011, when Goodluck Jonathan defeated Muhammadu Buhari nearly 1,000 people died, 80% of them in Kaduna, Buhari’s stronghold. This year, former rebel groups from the Niger Delta vowed they would resume their armed struggle if Jonathan lost.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Ca name='more'\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"border: 0px; color: #191919; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; letter-spacing: 0.0799999982118607px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 26px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;\"\u003EThe atmosphere was tense in some areas when people started queuing to vote on March 28. Boko Haram had promised to attack polling stations. On voting day, the terrorist group killed several people in the north east but failed to derail the national process. Despite the risks, courageous Nigerians in Yobe, Borno and Adamawa -- the states where the jihadist group operates -- waited long hours to go the ballot box.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"border: 0px; color: #191919; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; letter-spacing: 0.0799999982118607px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 26px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;\"\u003EFor the first time, Nigeria used a biometric system to identify voters. Sure, there were some technical glitches, but not many. They had to extend the vote to Sunday in only 300 out of 150,000 polling stations. Overall, the biometric system was a success. Other African nations that genuinely want to organise a free and fair election would be wise to follow suit. Even Western nations: We all remember what happened in Florida in 2000.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"border: 0px; color: #191919; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; letter-spacing: 0.0799999982118607px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 26px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;\"\u003EInternational observers agreed that the election had, despite some failings, been transparent. Then came the crucial time of the collation, collecting and transmitting the results to the capital Abuja. More nail-biting. Washington and London said they feared political interference with the collation.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"border: 0px; color: #191919; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; letter-spacing: 0.0799999982118607px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 26px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;\"\u003EOn Tuesday morning, I was at the conference centre where the electoral commission (INEC) was announcing the results state by state. Suddenly, the representative of the ruling People's Democratic Party (PDP) party, Godsay Orubebe, asked a question then refused to give back the microphone. He shouted and ranted for ten minutes – it was live on Nigerian television as citizens were glued to the box waiting for the results. Orubebe said the PDP no longer trusted the electoral commission and its widely-respected president, Professor Attahiru Jega. It was an ugly outburst that tarnished an otherwise smooth process. But Jega kept calm, refuted his accusations. “Orubebe has embarrassed himself,” Nigerians told me. That tantrum was the moment many realised the PDP probably thought it had lost the election.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"border: 0px; color: #191919; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; letter-spacing: 0.0799999982118607px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 26px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;\"\u003EBy Tuesday evening it was obvious that Buhari’s lead was unassailable. The All Progressives Congress (APC), Buhari's coalition of opposition groups, was careful not to claim victory (it would have been illegal) but at the party headquarters supporters were already singing and dancing. Their hopes were high. One man told me “This is an Obama moment, it’s like Nigeria’s second independence.” Most Nigerians told me they’d voted for Buhari because corruption was too rampant under Jonathan. His failure to tackle the jihadist group Boko Haram, despite a late surge with the help of neighbouring countries especially Chad, only came as a second reason.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"border: 0px; color: #191919; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; letter-spacing: 0.0799999982118607px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 26px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;\"\u003EThe much feared post-electoral violence did not occur. Analysts told me if Jonathan had won it might have been a different story. What’s certain is that Jonathan’s decision to concede defeat swiftly helped prevent clashes.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"border: 0px; color: #191919; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; letter-spacing: 0.0799999982118607px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 26px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;\"\u003EThese last few days, I met many Muslims who’d voted for Jonathan in 2011, impressed by his rags to riches tale, but who’d been disappointed by his mandate and chosen Buhari this time. I met many Christians who opted for Buhari because they felt Jonathan, or the people around him, had embezzled state money.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"border: 0px; color: #191919; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; letter-spacing: 0.0799999982118607px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 26px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;\"\u003EAs the map of the final result showed, in the end Buhari convinced not only Muslim northerners but also millions of Christians, southerners and the majority of residents of Lagos, the country’s biggest city, to back him.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"border: 0px; color: #191919; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; letter-spacing: 0.0799999982118607px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 26px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;\"\u003EOne concern many voters have now is that Buhari might be tempted to pardon some high-ranking PDP officials suspected of corruption, in order to preserve peace. Others say it might be a necessary evil, and that he should focus on stopping any new cases.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"border: 0px; color: #191919; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; letter-spacing: 0.0799999982118607px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 26px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;\"\u003EThe challenges ahead for him are immense: limiting corruption, defeating Boko Haram and reviving the economy of Africa’s number one oil producer despite low oil prices on world markets.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"border: 0px; color: #191919; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; letter-spacing: 0.0799999982118607px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 26px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;\"\u003EBut this election was a sign of hope for the continent. It was only the eighth time in sub-Saharan Africa that an opposition candidate defeated the ruling party in a presidential contest after a fair election. And the seventh time since 2010. The trend is positive and will reinvigorate opposition parties in countries where the ruling party seems determined never to relinquish power (Democratic Republic of Congo, Burundi, Rwanda, Gabon, Congo-Brazzaville, Zimbabwe, Djibouti, among others). If it’s logistically possible to organise a transparent election in a nation of 180 million inhabitants, what excuses do much smaller countries have?\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"border: 0px; color: #191919; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; letter-spacing: 0.0799999982118607px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 26px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;\"\u003EThe paradox is that change today in Nigeria is embodied by a 72 year-old former military ruler. Buhari, inevitably, will disappoint many of his voters. But just for now, let us savour this rare moment of good news: the violence so many had feared did not take place.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.justclassic.co.vu\/feeds\/6971829216022908467\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.justclassic.co.vu\/2015\/04\/news-reporters-notebook-lessons-from.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/504437868997877259\/posts\/default\/6971829216022908467"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/504437868997877259\/posts\/default\/6971829216022908467"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.justclassic.co.vu\/2015\/04\/news-reporters-notebook-lessons-from.html","title":"News: Reporter’s Notebook: Lessons from Nigerian elections"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Anonymous"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/04855187714960263430"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}}]}});