We look at the elections and the violence that erupted atvarious parts of the country and what it means for democracy Election Violence Using Origami to tell stories about the election by famous Origami Artist Nwoke Jonathan Origami Tales Origami has come a long way and has influenced many cultures with its simplicity and ability to do more than what meets the eyes Origami cultural influence After Elections The Election in Retrospect Look Around!!! The Aftermath of the elections presents more questions than answers “ ” 2 JOE24/7 Magazine As a Nigerian living in Nigeria, the elections are impactful to my basic way of life. It is on this bedrock that I have decided to express the process of the 2019 General election using Origami. I would be creating various aspects of the election from the primaries to the actual elections all the way to the tribunals and elections fallout. I watched the elections with varying de- grees of emotions. I would hope to express my views on the election using Origami to tell the story from my perspective. This project is inspired by my personal experience of the election as an active participator of the election. It is also inspired by my wanting to do something creative that explores my emotional spectrum. As the election left me with so many pent up emotions, using Origami, for me would be a relief from those emotions. Using Origami to tell the story of the Nigerian 2019 General election would allow me to use a wider range of skills and hopefully tap a little deeper into my creative side. I have begun studying some software applications like Origami studio and Origami simulator, with a view of using them as an aid to achieve a better end result. Editor Note 2019 Elections Nwoke Jonathan Editor 3 JOE24/7 Magazine Origami A look at the elections and its various fallout The tribunal judgement sent ripples to all parts of the nation The violence that has continued to mar Nigeria elections seems not to abate An expose of the parlance of the elections using origami as a medium We see origami from the eyes of Origami artist world over Content 2019 Election Election Violence Hope Nwoke Election Tribunal Nigeria is a country fueled by hope and our hope is that we see our economy be better 04 18 09 23 15 27 4 JOE24/7 Magazine The Election Process Let’s A deep dive into the whole election process allows us to see the flaws and the merits from the 2019 general election in Nigeria. General elections were booked to occur in Nigeria on February 16, 2019, to choose the president, VP, and individuals from the National Assembly. These elections were supposed to be the 6th quadrennial elections since the finish of military rule and the start of the nation’s progress to popularity based administration in 1999. The elections were deferred until Saturday, February 23, 2019, and after four days the country’s Independent Nation- al Electoral Commission authoritatively pronounced officeholder President Muhammadu Buhari as the victor with 56% of the votes to resistance pioneer Atiku Abubakar’s 41%. Abubakar dismissed the election results, it was a “hoax” and that the occupant’s success was a “factual inconceivability” in certain states to contend that the election. He likewise mourned what he alluded to as the “militarization of the election cycle” and proceeded to say that he would take his case to the courts. Nigeria is as of now a nation battling to manage election-related violence. How Abubakar and his allies manage the misfortune could fundamentally affect harmony and security in the country as it continues on to manage squeezing public issues, especially, how to end outrageous neediness. 5 JOE24/7 Magazine 6 JOE24/7 Magazine The Election Process Contd. Since acquiring autonomy from Great Britain in 1960, Nigeria has attempt- ed to foster a culture of vote based administration. Trusts that freedom would introduce another political request described by just administration and constitutionalism were run on January 15, 1966, when a gathering of mutinous troopers drove a severe overthrow that finished the country’s First Republic and keeps on tormenting the country right up ‘til today. Following quite a while of additional overthrows and elections swarmed with misrepresentation and different inconsistencies, the overall elec - tions hung on March 28-29, 2015, denoted a defining moment in Nigeria’s change to majority rule administration and constitutionalism. The activity pitted Muhammadu Buhari of the All Progressives Congress (APC) against officeholder Goodluck Jonathan of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP). Jonathan, who was looking for re-appointment, was the head of the party that had administered the country basically unopposed for quite a long time. 7 JOE24/7 Magazine Pave the way TO THE 2019 ELECTIONS In deferring the election, the executive of the electoral commission, Mahmood Yakubu, showed that the commission had embraced a “cautious survey of the execution of the coordinated factors and activity plan” and that all together “to lead free, fair, and believable elections,” it had come “to the resolution that procedure with the elec- tion as planned [was] at this point not practical.” Pundits of the commission’s choice to defer the vote say that the delay was most likely piece of the officeholder government’s work to control the survey for its potential benefit. At any rate, the abrupt deferment made, in the personalities of many individuals particularly those in the resist- ance the presence of injustice and defilement. One more government activity that made the presence of shamefulness was the suspension, by President Buhari, of Chief Justice Walter On- noghen. This was incredibly alarming, considering that the main equity is intrinsically engaged to assume a significant part in the goal of electoral debates. Both homegrown and international entertainers have “taken difficult issue” with the main equity’s evacuation only three weeks before the election, contending that it could “cast a pall over the electoral cycle.” Buhari caught 53.96 percent of the votes cast in the 2015 election to Jonathan’s 44.96 per- cent, successfully finishing the PDP’s almost two-decade domineering control of the public authority. While there were pockets of violence all through many pieces of the country, it was for the most part trusted that Jonathan’s choice to surrender made ready for a quiet exchange of government and limited violence. There were different dangers to the elections too. In the first place, the Boko Haram branch-off, the Islamic State West Africa Province, was associated with having coordinated assaults in Northeast Ni- geria, driving many individuals, including possible citizens, to escape the region hours before the surveys should open. Second, in the country’s fo- cal states, itinerant herders and ranchers keep on engaging each other for admittance to lessening arable land and water. Third, strains in the Niger Delta stay high as the district experiences outra - geous destitution and devastation. Truth be told, in spite of its huge oil abundance, Nigeria stays the country with the biggest number of residents living in outrageous destitution. Fourth, adminis- trative defilement, which has contributed not ex - clusively to expanded destitution in the nation yet has likewise been distinguished as a significant supporter of basic freedoms infringement, stays high. At last, Boko Haram’s almost 10 years of violence has made philanthropic emergencies in different towns in Northeast Nigeria and in pieces of Cameroon, as many individuals escape from their homes looking for cover in different districts of the country. Combined with dry spells, the dislodging of thousands of individuals has made a significant test to lead dependable elections. 8 JOE24/7 Magazine 9 JOE24/7 Magazine While it is actually the case that pock- ets of violence and a few anomalies defaced the election, numerous specta- tors accept that these issues had not been adequately boundless to subvert the result genuinely. Be that as it may, Abubakar’s test of the authenticity of the elections represents a danger to dependability. The resistance chief, obviously, has the privilege to debate the election results. In any case, Abuba- kar and his allies should do so calmly through legitimate roads given by the nation’s constitution. Finishing outrageous neediness should be a top arrangement need for Nige- rians and the new government. The nation has the ability to manage needi- ness: enormous blessings of regular assets, particularly oil; a youthful and exceptionally taught populace; and many individuals capable at business venture and the formation of riches. Buhari and Abubakar should encourage their allies to stay quiet and permit the courts to determine all election-related issues and acknowledge the choice of the Supreme Court as last. Notwith- standing, assuming that the argument about the outcomes ultimately arrives at the Supreme Court, there could be an issue. The resistance could contend that the choice to eliminate Justice On- noghen was politically persuaded and intended to get court authority bound to lean toward President Buhari. Buhari was chosen with an order to manage these dangers to national har- mony and security. Tragically, large numbers of the issues that carried Buhari to control stay unsettled. THE RESULTS OF THE 2019 ELECTIONS As it is!!! 10 JOE24/7 Magazine Any kind of family down the line will pass judgment on Buhari and his administration by how well they utilize the open door allowed to them by Nigerian electors to reconcile, security, and thriving feasible for their kins- men. Election Consequence 11 JOE24/7 Magazine By and by, there are numerous dangers to the making of abundance. Two of them stick out: far reaching debasement and the shortfall of harmo- ny and security in numerous locales. Defilement, similar to misappropriation of public assets, has tormented Nigeria since autonomy. Buhari came to control in 2015 promising to tidy up defile - ment and reestablish amazing skill in the public administrations. In spite of the fact that he seems to have gained huge headway in that battle, his faultfinders say that he just designated his politi - cal rivals and overlooked his partners and allies. In any case, numerous Nigerians give him credit for his endeavors and for not illicitly hoarding abundance for himself. To manage debasement, Buhari should now essentially further develop receptiveness and straightforwardness in govern- ment correspondence, particularly concerning government acquirement programs. The Buhari government likewise needs to man- age fanaticism and different dangers to harmony and security like Boko Haram and the untamed outfitted packs who wander portions of the na - tion capturing individuals and holding them for recover. This should be done through military activity as well as by giving open doors to young- sters, particularly in the provincial regions, for self-completion. At last, the public authority should resolve the issue of absence of fundamental foundation for improvement: acceptable streets, satisfactory and solid power, water treatment plants (admittance to clean drinking water is a significant issue for most networks), essential medical care, reasona- ble lodging (particularly in metropolitan regions), police assurance, and different administrations that can upgrade the capacity of residents to live in harmony. 12 JOE24/7 Magazine Perhaps the latest case was in Bayelsa State . The competitor of the All Progres- sives Congress was at first remembered to have won the election. Be that as it may, he was sacked by the Supreme Court 24 hours before his swearing-in service in light of the fact that, the court found, his running mate had introduced counterfeit archives and was thusly excluded. You can’t be a competitor without a certified running mate. There is ad- ditionally a case in Imo State. There, the applicant of the Peoples Democratic Party was sworn into office like others on 29 May 2019. However, he was elimi- nated by the Supreme Court following an argument about the electoral outcome. In its decision, the court pronounced the ap- plicant of the All Progressives Congress the champ. He’d come fourth at the surveys. Taking a gander at the rate at which courts, instead of the electorate, wind up deciding real champs of the surveys, is the validity of the Nigerian elections in question? The ability to figure out who is chosen into political office should be chosen by electors. Legal response is impeccably permitted and is desirable over extra-le- gal measures to change apparent electoral insults. Be that as it may, this ought to be an outstanding choice taken to redress an electoral inappropriateness or the like. However, it’s not the special case in Nigeria. The Independent National Electoral Commission as of late reported that it had up to this point removed 64 dec- larations of return - records gave to election victors - and reissued them to individuals pronounced champs by courtrooms following the 2019 general elections. The election saw 1,031 applicants challenged for official, governorship, national get together and state places of gathering seats. The election tribunal has been busy since the end of the elections with various disputes due to violence and faliures within the election process. 13 JOE24/7 Magazine Actually there’s legitimacy to a larger part of the cases brought under the watchful eye of the law courts look- ing for electoral review. This is on the grounds that electoral misbehavior has become piece of Nigeria’s electoral culture. These acts of neglect happen previously, during and after elections. The absolute most normal models incorporate numerous thumb-printing, distortion of result sheets, counterfeit voting form papers, control of elector enlistment and the utilization of vio- lence to upset casting a ballot. There is priority for the Nigerian courts going about if all else fails in instances of electoral outcome debates. Ostensi- bly the most stupendous episode was the situation between the late Obafemi Awolowo and late Shehu Shagari fol- lowing the 1979 official election. Awolowo, a Nigerian nationalist and legislator who assumed a key part in the country’s freedom development, was an official competitor of the Unity Party of Nigeria in that year’s survey. Shagari, was an official up-and-comer of the National Party of Nigeria. Shagari won, arising as Nigeria’s first justly chosen president. Yet, Awolowo challenged Shagari’s triumph because it had not fulfilled the necessity in the electoral declaration of the time that the champ needed to get one fourth of the votes cast in 66% of the multitude of conditions of the organization. The election council excused Awolowo’s case and the case preceded the Supreme Court. The appointed authorities likewise decided for Shagari with the exception of the disagreeing judgment of Justice Kayode Eso. The present circumstance is different in light of the rate at which election results are being repealed. This implies that the courts are basically deciding the champs. It superfluously puts the courts and judges under the spotlight and the or- derly strain that accompanies it, since it moves the job of the legal executive from being an umpire to a mediator. 14 JOE24/7 Magazine Yet, the law can go up until this point. The more serious issue is a shortfall of solid popularity based organizations to help it. The fortifying of vote based foundations, I would contend, would bring about an expansion in free and fair elections. Specifically the electoral commission and the police force should be fortified. The police are typically forgotten about during elections. Rather than being prepared and given the fortitude to help electoral com- mission authorities in protecting citizens, electoral authorities and voting form fo- cuses, the military is normally sent during elections. This puts the police and armed force experiencing some miscommunica- tion. It additionally builds the chance of violence following. Another issue is the Independent National Electoral Commission. The base of a great deal of the election-related cases brought under the steady gaze of the courts can be followed to its restricted capacity to expect and address known repeating election-related issues. Models incorpo- rate it’s failure to get voting booths and count votes in an ideal design. These things could be accomplished as- suming that the commission was rein- forced by the leader and given the legal, calculated, monetary help, and autonomy it requires. Who benefits? Government officials - and those near them - are the only ones to profit from the present status of undertakings. The Nigerian democratic public will fall off more regrettable all the time. This is on the grounds that electors are probably going to become impassive about casting a ballot on the off chance that they feel that their vote doesn’t make any difference all things considered. Low citizen turnout is an incrimination of the electoral cycle. Also, the contention about whether the courts are halfway or unbiased is an unset- tled one. The reality stays that arrange- ments to positions in pretty much every part of Nigeria’s public area are politically impacted. Nigerians are, along these lines, right to scrutinize the prejudice - or in any case - of the courts. Shortcomings in athe framework Opinions Nigeria has a solid Electoral Act. It has been corrected a couple of times through- out the long term and it isn’t not the same as the electoral constitutions being uti- lized in other majority rule climes. 15 JOE24/7 Magazine 16 JOE24/7 Magazine Street View The Nigeria elections in 2019 that brought President Muhammadu Buhari back into office briefly term were defaced by political violence, some of it by troopers and cops, Human Rights Watch said. Buhari ought to find substantial ways to address the far and wide political violence, and to guarantee responsibility for denials of basic liberties by fighters and police as he starts his subsequent term. The election time frame included determined assaults by groups of the radical gathering Boko Haram in the upper east; expanded common violence between traveling herders and ranch- ers spreading toward the south from north-focal states; and a sensational increase in banditry, grabbing, and killings in the northwestern territories of Kaduna, Katsina, and Zamfara. Security powers have neglected to answer actually to dangers to individuals’ lives and security. Widespread Violence Ushers in President’s New Term 17 JOE24/7 Magazine “The absence of significant advancement in tending to the pre - dominant political violence, as well as absence of responsibility for freedoms mishandles, denoted Buhari’s initial term in office,” said Anietie Ewang, Nigeria scientist at Human Rights Watch. “He ought to put these issues at the up front of his second term plan and direly find substantial ways to further develop regard for basic freedoms.” Basic freedoms Watch talked with 32 individuals, including citizens, columnists, election eyewitnesses, activists, and Inde- pendent National Electoral Commission authorities in Rivers and Kano states, and recorded 11 passings explicitly connected with vicious impedance in the election cycle during the February 23 official election and resulting state elections. The national and state elections in February, March, and April 2019 added to the overall weakness the nation over. The politi- cally related violence announced in many states was rather than the generally serene 2015 elections that got Buhari into his initial term office. As per a report by SBM Intelligence, which screens sociopolitical and financial advancements in Nigeria, 626 individuals were killed during the 2019 election cycle, beginning with crusades in 2018. 18 JOE24/7 Magazine Kano state, in northwestern Nigeria, has the largest number of enlisted citizens in the country. Streams state, in the Niger Delta, gets the biggest por - tion of raw petroleum based national income, addressing huge electoral worth to any ideological group. The his- torical backdrop of elections in the two states is packed with violence by state security organizations and criminal components. Citizens and election authorities said that cops either escaped or sat around, powering claims of complicity, as culprits took election materials, upset casting a ballot, and pestered electors. Witnesses said that the police addi- tionally shot live adjusts of ammo and utilized teargas to scatter individuals fighting democratic disturbances. Common liberties Watch zeroed in its examination on the two states taking into account projections and reports of violence during the 2019 elections. Regardless of police cases of expanded safety efforts to guarantee serene democratic, there appears to have been practically no police reaction to reports of dangers and demonstrations of violence by recruited political hooli- gans and troopers against electors and election authorities were found Widespread election violence broke out across the nation and that put a dent on the whole elections Election Violence 19 JOE24/7 Magazine Witnesses expressed that after a trooper was killed in the town of Abonnema, in Rivers state, on election day, warriors took shots at inhabitants, killing an obscure number of individuals. They additionally did clearing captures and randomly confined a few group. “The officers were out of control, taking shots at anybody around,” said a 37-year-elderly person who saw the episode. “As I advanced toward escape, I saw individuals plunge into the waterway, numerous with shot injuries. The following day I saw three dead bodies filled with shots drifting in the water... I heard a lot more bodies were subsequently recuperated from that waterway.” The military said in an explanation that on elec- tion day, unidentified individuals went after fight - ers, killing one, and that the troopers killed six of the assailants accordingly. On March 15, the representative for the Independ- ent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Festus Okoye, blamed troopers for terrorizing and unlaw- ful capture of election authorities in the state. The Nigerian Army around the same time reported the production of a committee to explore claims of unfortunate behavior against its staff during the elections. The committee was given fourteen days to create its discoveries, yet it has not distributed its report. Banditry and the repetitive patterns of lethal violence among herders and ranchers seem to have ended the existences of thousands. As indi- cated by common society reports, north of 3,641 individuals have passed on from lethal conflicts among herders and ranchers starting around 2015 and no less than 262 individuals have been killed by outlaws since the start of 2019 in Zamfara State alone. The public authority conveyed 1,000 military soldiers to the state accordingly, however not many of those liable for the violence have been captured or considered answerable. Our elections would truly become free and fair when we record low to zero election violence but until then we can not say we have free and fair elections in Nigeria The upper east clash with Boko Haram and its splinter bunches likewise stays one of Buhari’s squeezing difficul - ties. Despite the fact that Boko Haram’s regional control has contracted to little pockets of towns around Lake Chad because of supported government military activity starting around 2015, the gathering keeps on doing assaults against regular citizen and military focuses in the area and in adjoin- ing Niger, Cameroon, and Chad. Lately, recharged battling between Nigerian government powers and a group of Boko Haram, known as Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP), has prompted auxiliary removal of regular people. “ 20 JOE24/7 Magazine The rising spate of the election violence has become a cause of concern to major stakeholders and foreign observers 2019 Election Violence