Electoral Violence and 2015 General Elections in Nigeria

α
I. S Ladan-Baki
I. S Ladan-Baki
σ
I S. Ladan-Baki
I S. Ladan-Baki
α Nile University of Nigeria

Send Message

To: Author

Electoral Violence and 2015 General Elections in Nigeria

Article Fingerprint

ReserarchID

H1AU7

Electoral Violence and 2015 General Elections in Nigeria Banner

AI TAKEAWAY

Connecting with the Eternal Ground
  • English
  • Afrikaans
  • Albanian
  • Amharic
  • Arabic
  • Armenian
  • Azerbaijani
  • Basque
  • Belarusian
  • Bengali
  • Bosnian
  • Bulgarian
  • Catalan
  • Cebuano
  • Chichewa
  • Chinese (Simplified)
  • Chinese (Traditional)
  • Corsican
  • Croatian
  • Czech
  • Danish
  • Dutch
  • Esperanto
  • Estonian
  • Filipino
  • Finnish
  • French
  • Frisian
  • Galician
  • Georgian
  • German
  • Greek
  • Gujarati
  • Haitian Creole
  • Hausa
  • Hawaiian
  • Hebrew
  • Hindi
  • Hmong
  • Hungarian
  • Icelandic
  • Igbo
  • Indonesian
  • Irish
  • Italian
  • Japanese
  • Javanese
  • Kannada
  • Kazakh
  • Khmer
  • Korean
  • Kurdish (Kurmanji)
  • Kyrgyz
  • Lao
  • Latin
  • Latvian
  • Lithuanian
  • Luxembourgish
  • Macedonian
  • Malagasy
  • Malay
  • Malayalam
  • Maltese
  • Maori
  • Marathi
  • Mongolian
  • Myanmar (Burmese)
  • Nepali
  • Norwegian
  • Pashto
  • Persian
  • Polish
  • Portuguese
  • Punjabi
  • Romanian
  • Russian
  • Samoan
  • Scots Gaelic
  • Serbian
  • Sesotho
  • Shona
  • Sindhi
  • Sinhala
  • Slovak
  • Slovenian
  • Somali
  • Spanish
  • Sundanese
  • Swahili
  • Swedish
  • Tajik
  • Tamil
  • Telugu
  • Thai
  • Turkish
  • Ukrainian
  • Urdu
  • Uzbek
  • Vietnamese
  • Welsh
  • Xhosa
  • Yiddish
  • Yoruba
  • Zulu

Abstract

The Nigerian state is not alien to electoral violence which can be traced as far back as the pre independence elections. Contestants in Nigeria can go to any length to rig and win elections even if it means to break the states monopoly of violence to deploy terror to win elections. At the just concluded 2015 general elections in Nigeria, the South South part of Nigeria witnessed different levels of mayhem and the destruction of lives and property. On the other hand the Northern and South Western states witnessed minimal electoral violence unlike previous years where violence was more in the North. To this end it is the aim of this paper to highlight how electoral violence was reduced during the 2015 general elections. This paper adopted the use of secondary data in the analysis of the research. However this paper concluded that the electorates in the Northern part of Nigeria and the South West aligned to the All Progressives Congress political party (APC) the opposition party which eased tensions but in the South South violence broke out as a result of an attempt by the opposition party to unseat the ruling party Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

References

18 Cites in Article
  1. U Akpoyibo (2004). History of Elections in Nigeria.
  2. (2015). INEC Guidelines for Observers.
  3. (2000). The Global State of Democracy 2021: Building resilience in a pandemic era.
  4. N Malu,N Ogbu (2006). Settlement Of Election Civil Disputes and Political/Electoral Violence in Nigeria.
  5. Mcnabb (2006). Qualitative Methods of Research.
  6. Mpho Molomo (2006). Democracy and Botswana’s Electoral System.
  7. N Miller (2003). Unknown Title.
  8. Ndi (1999). Observing the 1998-1999 Nigeria-Elections: Final Report, Peace Review.
  9. Nwolise (2007). Electoral Violence and Nigeria's 2007 Elections.
  10. S Ochoche (1997). Electoral Violence and National Security in Nigeria' in Nigeria.
  11. E Ojo,A O& Azeez (2002). The Military and Democratic Consolidation in Nigeria.
  12. Emmanuel Ojo (2007). Elections: An Exploration of Theoretical Postulations.
  13. E Olaoye (2004). Effect of Vote Buying in Nigerian Election.
  14. (2011). LAS VEGAS SANDS CORP., a Nevada corporation, Plaintiff, v. UKNOWN REGISTRANTS OF www.wn0000.com, www.wn1111.com, www.wn2222.com, www.wn3333.com, www.wn4444.com, www.wn5555.com, www.wn6666.com, www.wn7777.com, www.wn8888.com, www.wn9999.com, www.112211.com, www.4456888.com, www.4489888.com, www.001148.com, and www.2289888.com, Defendants..
  15. S Ugoh (2004). Electoral Malpractice and Violence in The 2003 General Elections in Nigeria.
  16. S Ugoh (2007). Electoral Violence and Rigging in Nigeria: A Comparative Analysis of 2003 and 2007 General Elections.
  17. (2015). Unknown Title.
  18. Ndoma Brown,Israel Udomisor (2015). Evaluation of Political News Reportage in Nigeria’s Vanguard and The Guardian Newspapers.

Funding

No external funding was declared for this work.

Conflict of Interest

The authors declare no conflict of interest.

Ethical Approval

No ethics committee approval was required for this article type.

Data Availability

Not applicable for this article.

How to Cite This Article

I. S Ladan-Baki. 2016. \u201cElectoral Violence and 2015 General Elections in Nigeria\u201d. Global Journal of Human-Social Science - F: Political Science GJHSS-F Volume 16 (GJHSS Volume 16 Issue F1): .

Download Citation

Issue Cover
GJHSS Volume 16 Issue F1
Pg. 23- 29
Journal Specifications

Crossref Journal DOI 10.17406/GJHSS

Print ISSN 0975-587X

e-ISSN 2249-460X

Keywords
Classification
GJHSS-F Classification: FOR Code: 160699p
Version of record

v1.2

Issue date

April 11, 2016

Language
en
Experiance in AR

Explore published articles in an immersive Augmented Reality environment. Our platform converts research papers into interactive 3D books, allowing readers to view and interact with content using AR and VR compatible devices.

Read in 3D

Your published article is automatically converted into a realistic 3D book. Flip through pages and read research papers in a more engaging and interactive format.

Article Matrices
Total Views: 4142
Total Downloads: 2072
2026 Trends
Related Research

Published Article

The Nigerian state is not alien to electoral violence which can be traced as far back as the pre independence elections. Contestants in Nigeria can go to any length to rig and win elections even if it means to break the states monopoly of violence to deploy terror to win elections. At the just concluded 2015 general elections in Nigeria, the South South part of Nigeria witnessed different levels of mayhem and the destruction of lives and property. On the other hand the Northern and South Western states witnessed minimal electoral violence unlike previous years where violence was more in the North. To this end it is the aim of this paper to highlight how electoral violence was reduced during the 2015 general elections. This paper adopted the use of secondary data in the analysis of the research. However this paper concluded that the electorates in the Northern part of Nigeria and the South West aligned to the All Progressives Congress political party (APC) the opposition party which eased tensions but in the South South violence broke out as a result of an attempt by the opposition party to unseat the ruling party Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

Our website is actively being updated, and changes may occur frequently. Please clear your browser cache if needed. For feedback or error reporting, please email [email protected]

Request Access

Please fill out the form below to request access to this research paper. Your request will be reviewed by the editorial or author team.
X

Quote and Order Details

Contact Person

Invoice Address

Notes or Comments

This is the heading

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Ut elit tellus, luctus nec ullamcorper mattis, pulvinar dapibus leo.

High-quality academic research articles on global topics and journals.

Electoral Violence and 2015 General Elections in Nigeria

I S. Ladan-Baki
I S. Ladan-Baki

Research Journals