Electoral Violence In Nigeria Politics A Research Project Submitted In Partial Fulfillment Of The Requirement Award Of Degree In Political Science
Abstract
The Nigerian alternate Republic 1979 – 83 political system was base on the struggle for power among parties. This involves conflicts of interest and the actors are always eager to achieve their interest at the expenditure of others. thus, to achieve their separate ultimate points they reports to bickering and violence.
Electoral violence in Nigerian politics can be regarded as a kind of response to frustrating circumstance. choices in Nigeria area a contest of guts, blood participated and gashes. The Federal Election of 1904 was base on the system of the winner take us all and the clunker forfeits each, the nationally divisive and determined goods of a population tale and the general institutionalized opposition of the government in power which is the origin of electoral violence in Nigerian politics. The 1979 political system officially espoused the presidential republic modeled after the America type.
This politics of the alternate democracy came characterized by roughneck, hijacking , apparel, muddled choicesetc. all performing in an unknown violence. The first election of 1979 witnessed more conflicts. The alternate election, 1983 was nearly a breakdown of law and order in utmost part of the country. And also the weakness of the FEDECO contributed to the failure of the 1983 choices.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Cover runner——— i
Title runner——— ii
blessing runner——— iii
fidelity——— iv
Acknowledgement——– vi
Abstract———- vii
Table of contents——– viii
CHAPTER ONE
preface——– 1
Background of the study. —— 2
Statement of the Problem—— 4
ideal of the study—— 5
Significance of the study—— 5
Literature review——- 6
exploration thesis—— 17
compass and limitation of the study—- 17
The description of the crucial conception—- 18
exploration methodology—— 20
Reference——– 21
CHAPTER TWO
An overview of electoral violence in the
alternate democracy——- 22
literal Antecedent—— 22
Events that escalated violence in
Nigeria politics——– 26
1962 and 1963 population Census—- 26
1964 Federal choices—— 30
1965 Western Nigerian administrative
choices——— 33
References——– 37
CHAPTER THREE
Research Design and Methodology—- 38
Sources of Data——- 38
The emergence of political parties 1978 – 1979- 39
Voting partern of 1979 election—- 43
The Apparel of 1979 election—– 44
The result of the election—— 48
References——– 51
CHAPTER FOUR
The Alternate democracy and election an analysis– 52
Violence in 1979 Election—— 57
Violence in 1983 election—— 60
Functions and extent of independence of FEDECO- 69
Reference——— 70
CHAPTER FIVE
Summary of finding, Recommendation and
Conclusion——– 74
Summary of findings—— 74
Recommendations——- 77
Conclusion——– 79
Reference——– 80
Bibliography——– 81
Chapter One
Preface
explicatory of violence – Violence is one social miracle that doesn’t and noway did assure indeed its perpetrators safety their lives and property. It’s an ill wind that blows nothing and good.
Electoral violence in Nigerian politics has come veritably aboriginal. It seems that one hardly prepare for politicking in Nigeria, without making veritably acceptable provision for violence. This is because politics involves conflicts of interest and the actors always eager to achieve their interest at the breadth of others. thus, is achieve their separate ultimate arms, they reports too bickering and violence.
Nigeria’s relinquishment of administrative republic at independence was by no means accidental. It was by design. For one thing, Britain Nigerian’s colonizer master, had been in the practice of administrative republic at independence was by no means accidental. It was by design. For one thing, Britain, Nigeria’s social master had been in the practice of administrative republic for continues and indeed at independence, administrative republic came one of the British social delegates. What astonishes one is the incapability of Nigerians to have bedded the rules of the game of politics similar as forbearance, free and fair choices capability to accept election verdicts, capability to accept election verdicts and the amenability to relatively political wisdom if and when the electorate say no.
Background Of The Study
Since Nigeria’s independence on October 1, 1960, Electoral violence has been a major point of Nigeria politics and has been a subject of discussion both at private and public places scholars of political wisdom and contemporary political scientists aluke have delude into the field of electoral violence of Nigerian politics.
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