Nigeria, March 29 -- I have been in Senegal as part of the ECOWAS Election Observation Mission led by Professor Ibrahim Gambari and the story of the 2024 polls is a pleasing one. The Senegalese people have the capacity to throw out ruling presidents when they derail. In other words, they understand the theory of democracy.

Ten days before the 24th March Senegalese presidential election, the 44-year-old candidate Bassirou Diomaye Faye was in jail together with his mentor, friend and party leader Ousmane Sonko. On Tuesday next week, he will be sworn in as President with 54.28% of total votes cast. President Macky Sall has been jailing all those political actors that he considered a threat to his third term agenda using the judiciary and an...