- Politics in Nigeria always take different dimensions at each election period as political actions devise different means to persuade the electorate to vote for them
- One of the growing trends in the country’s politics is the emotional displays by candidates, a scene that started after the 2011 election with President Buhari
- The general wept in 2012 following his defeat at the supreme court and promised not to contest anymore but came back to become Nigeria’s president in 2015
Since the return of democracy to Nigeria in 1999, politicians have deployed different strategies to convince the electorates why they should be voted for.
One such strategy is going emotional on live television, particularly crying. This is becoming a trend among presidential candidates, but Nigerians are yet to take cognisance of it.
