As next month’s presidential (s)election approaches, the battle between the main opposing camps – incumbent Muhammadu Buhari of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) – has intensified all over social media. From corruption allegations on both sides to Atiku’s visit to the United States being treated like the messiah’s triumphant entry into Jerusalem, no subject is out of bounds and there’s no limit to how ridiculous the arguments can get.

They have now resorted to measuring crowds at each other’s rallies. This is as silly as US president Donald Trump’s insistence that more people attended his inauguration than Barack Obama’s. And just like Trump, many Nigerians are now comparing pictures.

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