Nigeria, Nov. 10 -- Low voter participation and widespread vote buying in the 2025 Anambra governorship election reflect deeper governance challenges in Nigeria, the Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD-West Africa) has said.

In a statement shared with PREMIUM TIMES on Sunday, the organisation said its Election Analysis Centre (CDD-EAC) observed notable progress by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), but said challenges in the electoral process persisted.

"With INEC's claim of 98.8 per cent PVC collection, a 99.62 per cent result upload on the IReV platform, and a generally peaceful election environment, INEC made significant progress.

"These successes are commendable. However, 5.4 per cent of polling units exper...