Five candidates for the Number Two position in Nigeria lined up this evening on national TV for a debate.  The word "debate" is used very loosely here.  There was a lot of talk, but precious little substance.

The candidates were incumbent vice president Yemi Osinbajo of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Peter Obi of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Umma Getso of the Young Progressives Party (YPP),  Ganiyu Galadima of the Allied Congress Party of Nigeria (ACPN) and Khadija Abdullahi-Iya of the Alliance for New Nigeria (ANN).  Only the first two have a chance of becoming the next vice president of Nigeria and the other three looked completely out of their depth.

It is still not clear whether President Muhammadu Buhari will participate in the presidential debate, but these things don't matter that much to Nigerians.  And the organisers of the debate seemed to demonstrate how the charade was detached from the reality of the people the candidates claim they want to serve by the debate being hosted at the five-star Abuja Transcorp Hilton.  The majority of Nigerians would not even dare get into the car park at the hotel, let alone stay in one of their rooms where prices range from £190 - £468 a night.

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