{"id":227948,"date":"2026-05-10T15:08:16","date_gmt":"2026-05-10T15:08:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/227948\/"},"modified":"2026-05-10T15:08:16","modified_gmt":"2026-05-10T15:08:16","slug":"nigerians-split-between-hope-and-doubt-ahead-of-2027-elections-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/227948\/","title":{"rendered":"Nigerians Split Between Hope and Doubt Ahead of 2027 Elections"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n Some Nigerians say they are ready to vote in the 2027 General Election, while others doubt that the process will bring real change.\n <\/p>\n

This is according to a street poll conducted by Nigeria Info in the wake of the defections, screenings, and declarations by various aspirants ahead of the vote.<\/p>\n

Several respondents said hardship under the Bola Tinubu administration is pushing them to participate in the election.<\/p>\n

One voter said people were \u201ccrying and wailing\u201d because of the country\u2019s condition and added that she wanted \u201ca new Nigeria\u201d with better healthcare, infrastructure, and leadership.<\/p>\n

Support for former Labour Party presidential candidate and current Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) aspirant, Peter Obi, featured strongly in the poll.<\/p>\n

Some respondents said they would only vote if Obi joins forces with other opposition figures and contests on a political platform stronger than the NDC.<\/p>\n

“I will participate on one condition,” one person said.<\/p>\n

“If they give Obi the ticket, Obi and Kwankwaso, if they can give them the ticket at ADC, yes, ADC, ADC,” he clarified.<\/p>\n

“I don’t think NDC can overpower APC.”\u00a0<\/p>\n

Others, however, expressed deep distrust in Nigeria\u2019s electoral system.<\/p>\n

One respondent claimed election results in the country are already decided before voting begins, while another said, \u201cThere is no election in Nigeria. They are just doing appointments.\u201d<\/p>\n

Despite the doubts, some interviewees encouraged Nigerians, especially young people, to come out and vote.<\/p>\n

One respondent described voting as a \u201ccivil responsibility\u201d and said citizens must elect leaders who can move the country forward.<\/p>\n

Another voter blamed low turnout for weakening democracy, arguing that large numbers of voters at polling units could make it harder for elections to be manipulated.<\/p>\n

The poll also showed mixed reactions to recent political defections, with some respondents calling them necessary and others describing politicians who switch parties frequently as selfish and unserious.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Some Nigerians say they are ready to vote in the 2027 General Election, while others doubt that the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":227907,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45],"tags":[6569,1028,311,6568,122,6567,264],"class_list":{"0":"post-227948","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nigeria","8":"tag-conversation","9":"tag-current-affairs","10":"tag-football","11":"tag-lets-talk","12":"tag-nigeria","13":"tag-nigeria-info-fm","14":"tag-sports"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@africa\/116550913385723252","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/227948","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=227948"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/227948\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/227907"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=227948"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=227948"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=227948"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}