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In the current lower house, 13 of the 360 members of parliament are women, placing Nigeria 184th out of 190 countries in the world, according to a ranking by the Geneva-based Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU). And the situation does not seem to be improving.
When Tolulope Akande-Sadipe decided to run for a second term to represent her constituency in Nigeria's parliament, she knew her life could be in danger.