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Iqembu elibusayo eNigeria lisabambe isikhundla sombusi waseLagos, kusho ikhomishana yokhetho kuleliya lizwe ngoMsombuluko, kulandela ukhetho lwangempelasonto oluhambisana nemibiko yodlame nokuthengwa kwamavoti.
Kuze kube manje, i-All Progressives Congress (APC) ebusayo imenyezelwe njengenqobile eningini lokuphatha lapho ukubalwa kwamavoti sekuqediwe.
Ababusi bayizibalo ezinamandla eNigeria futhi ezinye zilawula isabelomali sombuso esikhulu kunesamazwe amaningana ase-Afrika.
Ukhetho lwangoMgqibelo lwababusi abangu-28 kanye nabashayamthetho abangaphezu kuka-900 beza emasontweni amathathu ngemuva kokuba iqembu elibusayo liphumelele ivoti likamongameli abathi abamele amaqembu aphikisayo lalikhwabaniswe kakhulu.
U-Peter Obi wangaphandle we-Labour Party (LP) ubangele isiphithiphithi okhethweni lwangoFebhuwari 25 ngokuthola amavoti amaningi e-Lagos, okubhekwa njenge-APC fiefdom.
Kepha uphume isithathu kuphela ezweni lonke kwathi uBola Tinubu oqokelwe esikhundleni se-APC wamenyezelwa njengomongameli oqokiwe.
Bobabili u-Obi kanye nalowo ophume isibili u-Atiku Abubakar wePeoples Democratic Party (PDP) baphikisana nomphumela wokuba ngumongameli enkantolo.
Umbuzo obalulekile ngoMgqibelo ubuthi ukuthandwa kuka-Obi okukhulayo, ikakhulukazi entsheni yaseNigeria, kuzoholela empumelelweni okhethweni lwasendaweni.
Kodwa uBabajide Sanwo-Olu we-APC uthole amaphuzu angcono okhethweni kabusha njengombusi waseLagos, kusho i-Independent Electoral Commission (INEC).
Obambe esikhundleni uwine ngaphezu kokuphindwe kabili kwenani lamavoti ongenele ukhetho lwe-LP u-Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour kanye namavoti angaphezu kuka-10 ethemba le-PDP u-Olajide Adediran.
Uphinde wadlula umkhawulo odingekayo wamavoti angama-25% ezingxenyeni ezimbili kwezintathu zombuso, kusho i-INEC.
‘Umqondo wokudangala’
Kuze kube manje, i-APC isiwine imijaho yokuphatha ezifundazweni zaseGombe, Jigawa, Katsina, Kwara, Nasawara, Ogun, Sokoto naseYobe.
I-PDP iwine e-Oyo, Bauchi nase-Akwa Ibom.
Esifundeni esinembango kakhulu sase-Kano, inhliziyo yezomnotho yenyakatho ikakhulukazi yamaMuslim, izinkulungwane zabasekeli beqembu elincane le-New Nigeria People’s Party bangena emigwaqweni bebungaza ukwethula kwabo i-APC.
“Ukunqoba kwe-NNPP kuwukunqoba kukaKano ngoba intando yabantu isikhona naphezu kwemizamo yokuyibhidliza,” kusho uHajara Sani, 23, obebukele izixuku.
Imiphumela ibisalindiwe ngoMsombuluko esifundeni esiseningizimu neRivers. I-Adamawa, enyakatho-mpumalanga, ikwazile ukubona ukhetho lombusi wesifazane wokuqala waseNigeria.
Inhloko yezwe u-Muhammadu Buhari we-APC wehla ngoMeyi ngemuva kwemibandela emibili futhi abagxeki bebenethemba lokuthi ukuvota kukamongameli kuzoletha ushintsho.
Kodwa inengi liphoxekile ngendlela okwenziwa ngayo ukhetho lukaNhlolanja njalo inani labantu abazavotelwa elizweni ngoMgqibelo beliphansi.
Abavoti kanye namaqembu aphikisayo bakhala ngoFebhuwari ngokuthi amaphutha ezobuchwepheshe avumela ukukhwatshaniswa kwamavoti, okuyinto ikhomishana yokhetho ekuphikile.
I-Center for Democracy and Development (CDD), ebheke ucwaningo lwangoMgqibelo, iphawule ezingxenyeni ezithile zezwe “umuzwa wokudangala ukuthi ngenxa yemiphumela engemihle yokhetho lukamongameli ‘akunasizathu’ sokuphuma ukuzovota”.
Yize kunezimpawu zokuthi bambalwa abantu abazongenela ukhetho, iqembu lezingqapheli i-Yiaga Africa lithe liqophe “intuthuko enkulu ekuphathweni kwempahla yokhetho” ngoMgqibelo.
Umongameli omusha waseNigeria kanye nababusi bazongena ezikhundleni ngesikhathi lapho izwe lase-Afrika elinabantu abaningi nomnotho omkhulu kunawo wonke lidonsa kanzima ngenxa yokungavikeleki nokwanda kobumpofu.
Ukushaywa nokuboshwa
Amayunithi okuvota avulwe ngesikhathi futhi yomibili imishini yokubhalisa yebhayomethrikhi kanye nengosi ye-inthanethi ukuze ubuke imiphumela isebenze kahle kakhulu, kusho i-Yiaga Africa kanye ne-CDD.
Kepha udlame lwaqoshwa kuzo zonke izifundazwe eziningi, izigebengu zibonakala ezindaweni zokuvota ukuze zisabise abavoti futhi kwezinye zicekele phansi izinto zokhetho.
Eningizimu-mpumalanga ye-Imo State, lapho amaqembu ahlukene ahlomile esebenza khona, ithimba labasebenzi bokhetho lwesikhashana bathunjiwe ngoMgqibelo ekuseni. Bahlengwa ngokushesha kodwa impahla yokhetho yalahleka.
E-Lagos, i-CDD ithe kunemibiko ezindaweni zaseLagbasa nase-Ajah “abavoti bashaywa”.
I-Amnesty International ixwayise la maqhinga “asetshenziselwa ukwesabisa abantu ukuthi bangavoti”.
“Abaningi bagcine belimele kanzima… Lokhu akwamukelekile futhi kumele kuphenywe kahle,” kusho inhlangano yamalungelo kuTwitter.
Ngenxa yokushuba kwesimo, ukuvota kuhlehliselwe iSonto kwezinye izikhungo zokuvota eLagos naseRivers State.
“Izinhlelo ziphazanyiswe abalingisi esingakwazi nhlobo ukulawula bona,” kusho isikhulu se-INEC uFestus Okoye ngeSonto kusihlwa.
Ulugxekile udlame wathi “izinsolo zokunxenxa abavoti, ukuhlukumeza kanye nokuxhashazwa kwemiphumela zizobuyekezwa futhi zilungiswe”.
Ukuthengwa kwamavoti kwakudlange kakhulu kunangesikhathi sokhetho lukamongameli, kusho izingqapheli ekuqaleni kosuku.
Abenzeli beqembu babonakale bekhipha u-1,000 naira (cishe amadola amabili) ukuze bathole amavoti, kanye ne-spaghetti, indwangu notshwala, kusho u-Yiaga Africa.
