Nigeria, June 1 -- The All Progressives Congress (APC) has released its template for the rigging of the 2027 presidential elections. It is contained in the pattern of results it claimed emanated from its just concluded presidential primary. When a political party in power that has alienated millions of the voting population with its anti-people policies claims to have recorded over 11 million votes during its presidential primary, there is every reason to watch that party closely. The claim sounds a note of alarm. It could be a rigging strategy on a test run.

The figures being brandished by the APC from its presidential primary, in the first place, do not exist. The numbers exist only in the imagination of those who see Nigeria as a tes...