TRENDS IN ELECTORAL VIOLENCE IN NIGERIA
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2019
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Journal of Social Sciences and Public Policy,
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ince the Independence era, elections in Nigeria have been
characterized by high scale of electoral malpractices, money politics,
electoral violence and the use of ethno-religious divide in order to
influence the voting patterns of the electorates. Electoral violence is
one of the strategies employed by Nigerian politicians during
electioneering period. Desperate and power drunk politicians often
sponsor unemployed youths and stark illiterates to carry out assaults
on their perceived political opponents with a view to manipulating
election results to their own advantage. This paper shall make an in
depth analysis of electoral violence in Nigeria with particular focus on
the fourth republic.
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Election, Electoral Violence, Electoral Security