Chris Kwaja, a professor and country director at the United States Institute of Peace, has attributed the “reduced national interest” in the just-concluded Ondo governorship elections to the off-cycle nature of the election and the state’s history of peaceful elections.
Mr Kwaja, a board member of civil society organisation, Yiaga Africa, told PREMIUM TIMES in an interview in Akure on Sunday that the election took place at a time when the political atmosphere was not ‘tensed’ because 2027 is still far ahead in terms of election season.
“The second is that Ondo State has a history of peaceful elections. People tend to be more not at ease with states where they think have a history of violent confrontations during elections,” he said.
