Electoral Violence in Nigeria: Causes, Effects and Way Forward
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.51699/mjssh.vi.274Keywords:
Government, Electoral violence, Implications, Development, System, Thugs, PoliticianAbstract
Electoral violence is one of the major challenges facing Nigerian electoral processes since independent. It has been observed that elections in Nigeria are always faced with different forms of violence. It is the aim of this paper to discuss the causes, forms and impact of electoral violence in Nigeria. This paper among other variables discussed the concept of electoral violence, causes of electoral violence in Nigeria and impacts to the socio-economic and political development of the country and suggested some measures to tackle electoral violence in Nigeria. The paper used both secondary and primary data to support some points raised in the paper. The secondary data were sourced from both print and online resources that has relationship with the topic at hand.
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