The season of ‘inconclusivity’ of elections is fast behind us. Even the supplementary results have come and gone, and the next level is to settle down to good governance and the drive to fulfil all campaign promises. Despite the backlash from PDP supporters about the credibility of the polls, they have had more gains in the governorship elections, claiming the three states of Oyo, Bauchi, and Adamawa from the ruling party. These losses are colossal when the 2023 election is brought into context, but that is a discussion for another day. However, it’s a different ball game altogether when we talk in terms of the National Assembly elections as the ruling party had a field day, claiming about 64 seats with another YPP party senator from Abia likely to defect to the APC to make it 65, compared to PDP’s 41 seats.
The APC also has over 200 members in the House of Representatives out of the 360, while the PDP has just a little over a 100. Back in 2015, APC still had the…
