Going into the 2015 general election, I had no illusions that if the choice was a straight one between a so-called competent and incorruptible tyrant and a gentle democrat, Nigerians will overwhelmingly go for the tyrant. Like I argued in a piece in 2013, Nigerians have an atavistic attachment and l
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