The party system has become completely monetised and each party has a core group of paid-for litigants who dash to court the moment anyone in the party criticises the government. Within days, they are offered billions of naira, which they use to bribe judges who throw out the legitimate party leadership and install imposters in their place. Internal party democracy has become a theory that is only spoken about by confused academics who cannot explain why Nigerian political parties are so different from all the others they have learnt about in their previous studies. Clearly, Nigerian politics is modelled on Mars, rather than the democratic model developed on Earth.
Nigerian electoral politics: A view from Mars, By Jibrin Ibrahim
