The history of elections in Nigeria is fraught with ethnicity;
Hindering the country's democracy from attaining its full capacity.
Political parties have lost relevance;
As individual politicians gain more importance.
They fan the embers of ethnicity for political gains;
Not minding if it leaves their reputation in stains.
According to BBC on Nigeria's 2011 General Elections,
Votes reflected the country's ethnic configurations.
This political blight, in 2015 election also reared its ugly head;
To the extent that many would have been by now, dead.
Ethnic hatred in the country is enormous;
A country which is with corruption already famous.
Political instability comes from this ethnicity problem;
Which also is presently more or less Nigeria's emblem.
Hindering the country's democracy from attaining its full capacity.
Political parties have lost relevance;
As individual politicians gain more importance.
They fan the embers of ethnicity for political gains;
Not minding if it leaves their reputation in stains.
According to BBC on Nigeria's 2011 General Elections,
Votes reflected the country's ethnic configurations.
This political blight, in 2015 election also reared its ugly head;
To the extent that many would have been by now, dead.
Ethnic hatred in the country is enormous;
A country which is with corruption already famous.
Political instability comes from this ethnicity problem;
Which also is presently more or less Nigeria's emblem.
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