CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -Presidential elections were held in Nigeria on 12 June 1993, the first since the 1983 military coup ended the country’s Second Republic. The elections was the outcome of a transitional process to civilian rule spearheaded by the military ruler, Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida.

Detailed explanation-2: -The 1993 constitution established the Third Nigerian Republic. This constitution was supposed to return democratic rule to Nigeria but was never fully implemented. The military controlled the country until 1999.

Detailed explanation-3: -A free and fair election involves political freedoms and fair processes leading up to the vote, a fair count of eligible voters who cast a ballot (including such aspects as electoral fraud or voter suppression), and acceptance of election results by all parties.

Detailed explanation-4: -This was successfully done in the 2018 Kaduna State Local Government Councils Election (LGCE) via use of the Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) and repeated in the 2021 LGCE.

Detailed explanation-5: -At the end of the election, MKO Abiola was said to have won over eight million votes winning in 19 states while his opponent, the NRC candidate Tofa received over six million votes and winning in 10 states.