Identifier
Created
Classification
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04LAGOS261
2004-01-30 16:00:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Consulate Lagos
Cable title:
LOCAL GOVERNMENT GAME - SOUTHERN STATES
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UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 LAGOS 000261
SIPDIS
LONDON FOR GURNEY, PARIS FOR NEARY
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PREL PGOV KDEM NI
SUBJECT: LOCAL GOVERNMENT GAME - SOUTHERN STATES
MANEUVERING FOR ADVANTAGE
********** THIS MESSAGE CANCELLED. WILL BE RESENT
UNDER NEW MRN ***********
strengths of the two parties, and a victory for the AD would
be what it needs to return it strongly as a major player in
southwest politics. A loss for the AD could be the final
nail in its political coffin. A constitutional challenge to
the new LGAs could delay the elections, again, for a long
period. If the States are perceived to continue to have the
best legal position, the federal government could go to court
one day before elections and stall the process for months.
This would give officials at all levels another excuse as to
why citizens have yet to receive the "dividends of democracy"
they have been promised by their politicians.
HINSON-JONES
SIPDIS
LONDON FOR GURNEY, PARIS FOR NEARY
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PREL PGOV KDEM NI
SUBJECT: LOCAL GOVERNMENT GAME - SOUTHERN STATES
MANEUVERING FOR ADVANTAGE
********** THIS MESSAGE CANCELLED. WILL BE RESENT
UNDER NEW MRN ***********
strengths of the two parties, and a victory for the AD would
be what it needs to return it strongly as a major player in
southwest politics. A loss for the AD could be the final
nail in its political coffin. A constitutional challenge to
the new LGAs could delay the elections, again, for a long
period. If the States are perceived to continue to have the
best legal position, the federal government could go to court
one day before elections and stall the process for months.
This would give officials at all levels another excuse as to
why citizens have yet to receive the "dividends of democracy"
they have been promised by their politicians.
HINSON-JONES