{"id":1992,"date":"2023-03-03T10:55:09","date_gmt":"2023-03-03T10:55:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mpelembe.net\/?p=1992"},"modified":"2023-03-03T10:55:09","modified_gmt":"2023-03-03T10:55:09","slug":"id-of-93-million-nigerians-at-risk-in-landmark-election","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mpelembe.net\/index.php\/id-of-93-million-nigerians-at-risk-in-landmark-election\/","title":{"rendered":"ID of 93 million Nigerians at risk in landmark election"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"ArticleText_text__9m_tT\">\n<ul>\n<li>Facial recognition and fingerprints needed to cast votes<\/li>\n<li>Privacy experts fear mass breach of Nigerians&#8217; identity<\/li>\n<li>Aim is to root out widespread electoral fraud<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>LAGOS &#8211; Africa&#8217;s biggest electorate votes on Saturday in a poll that experts fear could unleash a mass breach of privacy as Nigerians relinquish reams of personal data to cast their vote.<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>From facial recognition to fingerprints, ID cards to mobile numbers &#8211; few personal details may stay private given the slew of identity checks underway by electoral officers in Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>At the heart of the new system is a nationwide drive to stamp out the sort of rampant electoral fraud that critics say has long distorted democracy in Africa&#8217;s most populous country.<\/p>\n<p>But privacy experts point to the flipside, fearing that tens of millions of Nigerians instead risk exposure to fraudsters, identity theft or state surveillance under the new system.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<section class=\"ArticleBodyGoDeeper_wrapper__qo3QX\">\n<div class=\"ArticleBodyGoDeeper_article__YYtnf\">\n<div class=\"ArticleBodyGoDeeper_article__image__9upa3\">\n<div class=\"imageContainer ImageContainer_imageContainer__utRAH \"><a class=\"LinkWrapper_linkWrapper__kyh5R\" tabindex=\"-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.context.news\/surveillance\/as-malawi-issues-ids-for-children-privacy-concerns-rise\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"nextImage ImageContainer_nextImage__giUVG\" src=\"https:\/\/ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net\/dA\/253973842edfe9cef025b72df59fc50d\/2400w\/80q\" sizes=\"\n            (max-width: 640px) 25vw,\n            (max-width: 900px) 25vw,\n            (max-width: 1200px) 25vw,\n            20vw\n            \" srcset=\"https:\/\/ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net\/dA\/253973842edfe9cef025b72df59fc50d\/96w\/80q 96w, https:\/\/ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net\/dA\/253973842edfe9cef025b72df59fc50d\/128w\/80q 128w, https:\/\/ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net\/dA\/253973842edfe9cef025b72df59fc50d\/256w\/80q 256w, https:\/\/ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net\/dA\/253973842edfe9cef025b72df59fc50d\/384w\/80q 384w, https:\/\/ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net\/dA\/253973842edfe9cef025b72df59fc50d\/400w\/80q 400w, https:\/\/ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net\/dA\/253973842edfe9cef025b72df59fc50d\/500w\/80q 500w, https:\/\/ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net\/dA\/253973842edfe9cef025b72df59fc50d\/600w\/80q 600w, https:\/\/ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net\/dA\/253973842edfe9cef025b72df59fc50d\/700w\/80q 700w, https:\/\/ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net\/dA\/253973842edfe9cef025b72df59fc50d\/800w\/80q 800w, https:\/\/ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net\/dA\/253973842edfe9cef025b72df59fc50d\/900w\/80q 900w, https:\/\/ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net\/dA\/253973842edfe9cef025b72df59fc50d\/1000w\/80q 1000w, https:\/\/ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net\/dA\/253973842edfe9cef025b72df59fc50d\/1200w\/80q 1200w, https:\/\/ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net\/dA\/253973842edfe9cef025b72df59fc50d\/1400w\/80q 1400w, https:\/\/ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net\/dA\/253973842edfe9cef025b72df59fc50d\/1600w\/80q 1600w, https:\/\/ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net\/dA\/253973842edfe9cef025b72df59fc50d\/1800w\/80q 1800w, https:\/\/ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net\/dA\/253973842edfe9cef025b72df59fc50d\/2000w\/80q 2000w, https:\/\/ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net\/dA\/253973842edfe9cef025b72df59fc50d\/2200w\/80q 2200w, https:\/\/ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net\/dA\/253973842edfe9cef025b72df59fc50d\/2400w\/80q 2400w\" alt=\"Children look on as U.S. first lady Melania Trump visits a school in Lilongwe, Malawi, October 4, 2018. REUTERS\/Carlo Allegri\" data-nimg=\"future-fill\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ArticleBodyGoDeeper_article__body__6g24s\">\n<div class=\"ArticleThumb_article__SMxIi false false false false\" aria-label=\"article\"><a class=\"LabelText_labelText__uowAt LabelText_LabelTextWhite__ykST2\n         clickableUnderLine\" tabindex=\"-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.context.news\/surveillance\/as-malawi-issues-ids-for-children-privacy-concerns-rise\" aria-label=\"Go Deeper\">GO DEEPER<\/a><span class=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.context.news\/surveillance\/as-malawi-issues-ids-for-children-privacy-concerns-rise\">As Malawi issues IDs for children, privacy concerns rise<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ArticleBodyGoDeeper_article__cta__lc51t\">\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ArticleBodyGoDeeper_article__YYtnf\">\n<div class=\"ArticleBodyGoDeeper_article__image__9upa3\">\n<div class=\"imageContainer ImageContainer_imageContainer__utRAH \"><a 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Mulk International\/Handout via Thomson Reuters Foundation\" data-nimg=\"future-fill\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ArticleBodyGoDeeper_article__body__6g24s\">\n<div class=\"ArticleThumb_article__SMxIi false false false false\" aria-label=\"article\"><a class=\"LabelText_labelText__uowAt LabelText_LabelTextWhite__ykST2\n         clickableUnderLine\" tabindex=\"-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.context.news\/surveillance\/zimbabwes-cyber-city-urban-utopia-or-surveillance-menace\" aria-label=\"Go Deeper\">GO DEEPER<\/a><span class=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.context.news\/surveillance\/zimbabwes-cyber-city-urban-utopia-or-surveillance-menace\">Zimbabwe&#8217;s cyber city: Urban utopia or surveillance menace?<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ArticleBodyGoDeeper_article__cta__lc51t\">\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<div class=\"ArticleText_text__9m_tT\">\n<p>&#8220;Facial recognition system by design is a tool of mass survelliance &#8230; that scraps from other databases like social media and government without their knowledge and consent,&#8221; Matt Mahmoudi, a researcher on artificial intelligence and human rights at Amnesty International, told Context.<\/p>\n<p>The government could for example use biometric records from the electoral database to identify and target activists and campaigners during protests following an unpopular election result, he added.<\/p>\n<p>A spokesperson for the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), which runs the election, said the agency does not share &#8220;information about registered voters to political parties or anyone&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We protect such data jealously,&#8221; said INEC spokesperson Rotimi Oyekanmi, urging Nigerians to contact police if they suspect identity theft or election rigging.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row g-0 ArticleSingleImage_wrapper__UqRZA\">\n<div class=\"col-24\">\n<div class=\"imageContainer ImageContainer_imageContainer__utRAH \"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"nextImage ImageContainer_nextImage__giUVG\" src=\"https:\/\/ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net\/dA\/2ee6b1a01ca71bde2af95841c18608a5\/2400w\/80q\" sizes=\"\n            (max-width: 640px) 100vw,\n            (max-width: 900px) 100vw,\n            (max-width: 1200px) 100vw,\n            60vw\n            \" srcset=\"https:\/\/ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net\/dA\/2ee6b1a01ca71bde2af95841c18608a5\/256w\/80q 256w, https:\/\/ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net\/dA\/2ee6b1a01ca71bde2af95841c18608a5\/384w\/80q 384w, https:\/\/ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net\/dA\/2ee6b1a01ca71bde2af95841c18608a5\/400w\/80q 400w, https:\/\/ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net\/dA\/2ee6b1a01ca71bde2af95841c18608a5\/500w\/80q 500w, https:\/\/ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net\/dA\/2ee6b1a01ca71bde2af95841c18608a5\/600w\/80q 600w, https:\/\/ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net\/dA\/2ee6b1a01ca71bde2af95841c18608a5\/700w\/80q 700w, https:\/\/ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net\/dA\/2ee6b1a01ca71bde2af95841c18608a5\/800w\/80q 800w, https:\/\/ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net\/dA\/2ee6b1a01ca71bde2af95841c18608a5\/900w\/80q 900w, https:\/\/ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net\/dA\/2ee6b1a01ca71bde2af95841c18608a5\/1000w\/80q 1000w, https:\/\/ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net\/dA\/2ee6b1a01ca71bde2af95841c18608a5\/1200w\/80q 1200w, https:\/\/ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net\/dA\/2ee6b1a01ca71bde2af95841c18608a5\/1400w\/80q 1400w, https:\/\/ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net\/dA\/2ee6b1a01ca71bde2af95841c18608a5\/1600w\/80q 1600w, https:\/\/ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net\/dA\/2ee6b1a01ca71bde2af95841c18608a5\/1800w\/80q 1800w, https:\/\/ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net\/dA\/2ee6b1a01ca71bde2af95841c18608a5\/2000w\/80q 2000w, https:\/\/ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net\/dA\/2ee6b1a01ca71bde2af95841c18608a5\/2200w\/80q 2200w, https:\/\/ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net\/dA\/2ee6b1a01ca71bde2af95841c18608a5\/2400w\/80q 2400w\" alt=\"Electoral campaign posters are seen in Numan road, ahead of Nigeria's Presidential elections, in Yola, Nigeria, February 23, 2023 TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY\" data-nimg=\"future-fill\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"caption col-24 d-none d-lg-flex ArticleSingleImage_desc__HgO0P\" data-cy=\"centered\">\n<p>Electoral campaign posters are seen in Numan road, ahead of Nigeria&#8217;s Presidential elections, in Yola, Nigeria, February 23, 2023 TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ArticleText_text__9m_tT\">\n<h2>Africa&#8217;s biggest vote<\/h2>\n<p>More than 93 million Nigerians go to the polls on Saturday in a first round of votes in Africa&#8217;s largest democracy to choose a president in a keenly contested race that observers say has kept the ruling and opposition candidates on their toes.<\/p>\n<p>Nigeria&#8217;s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/chathamhouse.soutron.net\/PortalSSO\/Default\/en-GB\/DownloadImageFile.ashx?objectId=6700&amp;ownerType=0&amp;ownerId=202901\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">voter register<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; listing tens of millions of names, addresses, dates of birth, job details, phone numbers, and biometrics &#8211; is the largest such database in Africa, according to INEC.<\/p>\n<p>On Saturday, electoral officials will collect another round of face and fingerprint data from voters massing at tens of thousands of polling stations, with only those whose identities match the result from previous biometric records gathered by INEC since 2010 eligible to take part.<\/p>\n<p>It is the first time the two-stage system has been tried nationwide in Nigeria, which &#8211; along with Kenya, Ghana and Sierra Leone &#8211; has embraced technology to tackle widespread electoral malpractice.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row g-0 ArticleSingleImage_wrapper__UqRZA\">\n<div class=\"col-24\">\n<div class=\"imageContainer ImageContainer_imageContainer__utRAH \"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"nextImage ImageContainer_nextImage__giUVG\" src=\"https:\/\/ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net\/dA\/13fef7cc0078b29c0dc2db8167357afc\/2400w\/80q\" sizes=\"\n            (max-width: 640px) 100vw,\n            (max-width: 900px) 100vw,\n            (max-width: 1200px) 100vw,\n            60vw\n            \" srcset=\"https:\/\/ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net\/dA\/13fef7cc0078b29c0dc2db8167357afc\/256w\/80q 256w, https:\/\/ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net\/dA\/13fef7cc0078b29c0dc2db8167357afc\/384w\/80q 384w, https:\/\/ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net\/dA\/13fef7cc0078b29c0dc2db8167357afc\/400w\/80q 400w, https:\/\/ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net\/dA\/13fef7cc0078b29c0dc2db8167357afc\/500w\/80q 500w, https:\/\/ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net\/dA\/13fef7cc0078b29c0dc2db8167357afc\/600w\/80q 600w, https:\/\/ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net\/dA\/13fef7cc0078b29c0dc2db8167357afc\/700w\/80q 700w, https:\/\/ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net\/dA\/13fef7cc0078b29c0dc2db8167357afc\/800w\/80q 800w, https:\/\/ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net\/dA\/13fef7cc0078b29c0dc2db8167357afc\/900w\/80q 900w, https:\/\/ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net\/dA\/13fef7cc0078b29c0dc2db8167357afc\/1000w\/80q 1000w, https:\/\/ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net\/dA\/13fef7cc0078b29c0dc2db8167357afc\/1200w\/80q 1200w, https:\/\/ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net\/dA\/13fef7cc0078b29c0dc2db8167357afc\/1400w\/80q 1400w, https:\/\/ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net\/dA\/13fef7cc0078b29c0dc2db8167357afc\/1600w\/80q 1600w, https:\/\/ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net\/dA\/13fef7cc0078b29c0dc2db8167357afc\/1800w\/80q 1800w, https:\/\/ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net\/dA\/13fef7cc0078b29c0dc2db8167357afc\/2000w\/80q 2000w, https:\/\/ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net\/dA\/13fef7cc0078b29c0dc2db8167357afc\/2200w\/80q 2200w, https:\/\/ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net\/dA\/13fef7cc0078b29c0dc2db8167357afc\/2400w\/80q 2400w\" alt=\"A woman presents a paper to an INEC worker during the collection of a permanent voters card at the INEC office in area 10, in Abuja, Nigeria December 13, 2022. 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REUTERS\/Afolabi Sotunde<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ArticleText_text__9m_tT\">\n<h2>Calls from party operatives<\/h2>\n<p>Yet even before the big vote, alarm bells were ringing and democracy advocates were urging voters to be on their guard.<\/p>\n<p>Illustrator Babajide Briggs was at dinner with friends in Lagos on Monday when he picked up an unknown number on the first ring of his mobile.<\/p>\n<p>The caller ran through an ID check &#8211; confirming Briggs by name, polling place and city location &#8211; then identified herself as a campaigner for the ruling All Progressives Congress party.<\/p>\n<p>Briggs said she urged him to vote for the party&#8217;s presidential candidate, even offering a free hotel room and courtesy transport if he preferred to stay closer to his polling station on the eve of the election.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;She knew my name on my voter&#8217;s card, where I would vote. How did she get that personal information?&#8221; he asked.<\/p>\n<p>Independent election observers say hundreds of voters have similarly received targeted phone calls from party operatives in the runup to the Feb 25 vote.<\/p>\n<p>A spokesperson for the ruling APC said the party had nothing to do with any attempt to bribe or call voters and urged Nigerians not to divulge their personal details to anyone on the phone.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In this election season, there are a lot of mischief makers out there doing whatever they want to do, but such calls are not efforts from the party,\u201d Felix Morka told Context by phone.<\/p>\n<p>Digital rights advocates say governments often use the cloak of &#8216;free and fair elections&#8217; to fish for shoals of data &#8211; aided by facial ID and fingerprinting in Nigeria &#8211; without first establishing the efficacy of the tech they deploy.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Do they need all these methods of biometric registrations to monitor electoral fraud? &#8230; Probably no&#8230; It&#8217;s incumbent on authorities to come forward and explain on what basis facial recognition is the right course of action,&#8221; said Mahmoudi.<\/p>\n<h2>ID mad<\/h2>\n<p>Nigerian officials routinely cross-check documents in myriad aspect of daily life, from banks to benefits, and privacy experts say a data protection bill is long overdue.<\/p>\n<p>Amnesty&#8217;s Mahmoudi said that absent such a law citizens cannot seek &#8220;redress and remedy&#8221; if their data is compromised.<\/p>\n<p>Which makes prevention and self-protection key, said Samson Itodo, founder of youth advocacy group YIAGA Africa.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Often, I see people sharing photos of their voter&#8217;s ID on social media without blurring any of their personal information on it. Politicians can exploit that,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>The group has been educating voters at town halls, urging people not to sell their voters ID in exchange for cash to politicians, who could harvest and abuse such records.<\/p>\n<p>But a flippancy towards ID protection may go right to the top, with privacy concerns stretching even to the vast voter records collected by INEC.<\/p>\n<p>Last year the commmission said it had been a target of both\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/inecnigeria.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/TIMELINE-ATTACKS-ON-INEC-OFFICES-SINCE-2019-10.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">physical and cyber attacks<\/a>, with 50 security incidents involving sensitive electoral materials it is supposed to safeguard.<\/p>\n<p>Critics say the attacks are no surprise &#8211; but worry that a problem affecting 93 million people remains unfixed.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It should be expected that people will attempt to breach a system with a database, but we want to know what\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/serap-nigeria.org\/2022\/03\/27\/serap-writes-inec-seeks-details-of-safeguards-on-privacy-and-security-of-election-data\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">safeguards exist<\/a>\u00a0&#8230; that is what is at the heart of this,&#8221; said Kolawole Oluwadare, deputy director of Nigerian rights group Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP).<\/p>\n<p>(Reporting by Bukola Adebayo; Editing by Lyndsay Griffiths and Zoe Tabary.)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<hr class=\"Container_mainDivider__zjEdj\" \/>\n<section class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"ArticleBodySignature_article__Umt7x\" data-gtm-vis-recent-on-screen-67950329_105=\"46550\" data-gtm-vis-first-on-screen-67950329_105=\"46550\" data-gtm-vis-total-visible-time-67950329_105=\"100\" data-gtm-vis-has-fired-67950329_105=\"1\">\n<div class=\"ArticleBodySignature_article__body__cxcd_\" data-gtm-vis-recent-on-screen-67950329_105=\"46554\" data-gtm-vis-first-on-screen-67950329_105=\"46554\" data-gtm-vis-total-visible-time-67950329_105=\"100\" data-gtm-vis-has-fired-67950329_105=\"1\">\n<p>Context is powered by the Thomson Reuters Foundation Newsroom.<\/p>\n<p>Our Standards:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thomsonreuters.com\/en\/about-us\/trust-principles.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span class=\"ArticleBodySignature_link__Y9gO6\"><u>Thomson Reuters Trust Principles<\/u><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Facial recognition and fingerprints needed to cast votes Privacy experts fear mass breach of Nigerians&#8217; identity Aim is to root out widespread electoral fraud<a class=\"moretag\" href=\"https:\/\/mpelembe.net\/index.php\/id-of-93-million-nigerians-at-risk-in-landmark-election\/\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1993,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"googlesitekit_rrm_CAowu7GVCw:productID":"","_crdt_document":"","activitypub_content_warning":"","activitypub_content_visibility":"","activitypub_max_image_attachments":3,"activitypub_interaction_policy_quote":"anyone","activitypub_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[4872,2676,3233,4871,3235,528,4865,879,3234,4868,736,4866,4864,388,4869,1533,1043,3180,4875,906,4870,4874,3181,2471,888,3010,4867,4876,4873],"class_list":["post-1992","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-security","tag-abuja","tag-amnesty-international","tag-automatic-identification-and-data-capture","tag-babajide-briggs","tag-biometrics","tag-countries","tag-elections-in-nigeria","tag-electoral-fraud","tag-facial-recognition-system","tag-felix-morka","tag-ghana","tag-identity-document","tag-international-organizations","tag-kenya","tag-kolawole-oluwadare","tag-lagos","tag-learning","tag-malawi","tag-matt-mahmoudi","tag-nigeria","tag-rotimi-oyekanmi","tag-samson-itodo","tag-sierra-leone","tag-surveillance","tag-thomson-reuters-foundation","tag-video-surveillance","tag-voter-registration","tag-yiaga-africa","tag-yola"],"featured_image_src":"https:\/\/mpelembe.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/2023-02-23T173859Z_356906343_RC22HZ9J17SG_RTRMADP_3_NIGERIA-ELECTION-1024x716.webp","blog_images":{"medium":"https:\/\/mpelembe.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/2023-02-23T173859Z_356906343_RC22HZ9J17SG_RTRMADP_3_NIGERIA-ELECTION-300x210.webp","large":"https:\/\/mpelembe.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/2023-02-23T173859Z_356906343_RC22HZ9J17SG_RTRMADP_3_NIGERIA-ELECTION-1024x716.webp"},"ams_acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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