As campaign activities for the 2027 general elections get underway, clerics and politicians have quickly resorted to old rhetoric and tricks to mobilise support for their candidates.
But Nigerians are challenging the attempts to use rhetoric and financial inducements to sway voters.
The presidential candidate of the opposition African Democratic Congress (ADC), Atiku Abubakar, was trying to put the personal records of President Bola Tinubu and the religious composition of his ticket on the front burner of the campaigns, before reopening the debate about fuel subsidy.
In a recent interview with JKD Media, Atiku recounted how he refused to nominate Mr Tinubu as his running mate under the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) in 2007 because he opposed a Muslim-Muslim ticket.
He also recounted taking the same position in 2015, when former President Muhammadu Buhari was considering selecting Mr Tinubu as his running mate.
