POLITICAL VIOLENCE AND THE ELECTORAL PROCESS IN NIGERIA AN OVERVIEW OF THE 2007 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION
ABSTRACT
One of the basic machineries of any representative democratic system is the electoral process. The experience of the western representative democracy in Nigeria can be traced from the Clifford and Macpherson constitutions for years respectively. This was elaborated at independence in the second republic and subsequent periods. Very ugly experience has characterized the activities with the electoral process that constitutes the burning questions in this work within these sparing periods Nigeria political history has been filled with malpractice fraud and therefore violence. The election of the first republic displayed ethnicity in the second republic presidential election is been records its ugly tendencies but in refined form. This time, money and corruption led the race in electoral malpractices of the past and present on the political system. The study finally traces these political problems of the country to basic socio-institutional origins of the ethnicity class, material consciousness and others.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Title page – – – – – – – i
Approval page- – – – – – ii
Dedication- – – – – – – iii
Acknowledgment- – – – – – iv
Abstract- – – – – – – – v
Table of contents – – – – – v
CHAPTER ONE
1.0 Introduction- – – – – – 1
1.1 Backgrounds to the study- – – 2-4
1.2 statement of problem- – – – 5
1.3 Objectives of study- – – – – 6
1.4 research design- – – – – 7
1.5 Significance of study- – – – 7
1.6 Scope and limitation of study – – – 8
1.7 limitation of study- – – – – 9
1.8 Definitions of terms – – – – 9-10
CHAPTER TWO
2.0 Literature review – – – – – 11
2.1 Introductions – – – – – – 12
2.2 meaning of election- – – – – 12-15
2.3 Purposes: function and problems
of election- – – – – – 15-22
2.4 Political violence- – – – – 23-27
Reference – – – – – – 28
CHAPTER THREE
3.0 Research methodology – – – – 29
3.1 introduction – – – – – 29
3.2 research design- – – – – 30
3.3 Method of Data collection- – – – 30
3.4 Sampling size – – – – – – 31
3.5 Data analysis techniques- – – – 32
3.6 validity and reliability of
Measuring instrument – – – – 32
3.7 method of data analysis- – – 33-34
CHAPTER FOUR
4.0 Presentation and analysis of data- – 35
4.1 Data presentation – – – – – 35
4.2 analysis of data- – – – – 35
4.3 Research findings- – – – – 36
CHAPTER FIVE
5.1 Summary – – – – – – – 38
5.2 Conclusion- – – – – – 39
5.3 Recommendations – – – – – 40-41
References – – – – – – 42
Appendix – – – – – – 43
Questionnaire- – – – – – 44-45
CHAPTER ONE
1.0 INTRODUCTION
The Nigerian authorities and the independent National electoral commission (INEC) must prevent a repeat of the political violence that characterized the 2007 and 2003 elections. The political environment is however very tense. In the run up to the elections, the country has seen an increase in violence. Several hundred people have been killed in politically motivated. Communal and sectarian violence across Nigeria in the past six months. In addition human rights defenders and journalist, who play a key role in monitoring Nigeria’s upcoming election in April, are facing increasing intimidation and harassment. Yet the Nigerian authorities have failed to bring suspected perpetrators to justice, or to take effective measures to prevent further human rights abuses.
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