Electoral Violence and Sustainable Democracy in Nigeria

Abstract

The manifestation of electoral violence since the birth of the Fourth Republic in 1999 have assumed an unprecedented magnitude and changing form, resulting in instability in democratic consolidation as well as the loss and displacement of many innocent lives. This study on electoral violence and sustainable democracy in Nigeria is therefore timely and apt for our present situation. The study revealed the causes of electoral violence and its implications to sustainable democracy in Nigeria. It also identified some measures to tackle electoral violence and made vital policy recommendations for the elimination of electoral violence for sustainable democracy in Nigeria.