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| Democracy, Election and Electoral Violence in Nigeria: Focus on 2019 General Elections |
Agu Chinonyelum F and Francisca Obiageli Ifedi Ph.D
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Abstract:
Democracy as a form of government has become very popular among nations of modern world that it has become a household name. One of the main attributes of liberal democracy is the periodic and regular competition for political power with the governed as free agents exercising their free and unfettered choice among competing platforms. Elections are therefore a significant and crucial pillar in the democratic process since they underscore the principles of political participation, accountability and legitimacy. However Nigeria has witnessed various degrees of electoral violence since the return of democracy in the country in 1999. The main aim of the study was to provide an analysis of 2019 general elections in Nigeria with the attendant electoral violence. The study also aimed at identifying the root causes of electoral violence. The research design was descriptive and the framework of analysis adopted was Frustration-Aggression Theory and documentary method of data collection was used for the study. Some of the causes of electoral violence in Nigeria include rising rates of unemployment, struggle for power, ignorance, social division and more so, high level of corruption in governance in the country. The government should as matter of urgency start addressing the causes of electoral violence to save our hard earned democracy and allow the citizens to participate in the electoral process, government should avoid corruption and provide jobs to the teeming youth of the country.
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