IMPLICATION OF POLITICAL THUGGERY AND VIOLENCE IN CONSOLIDATION OF DEMOCRACY IN NIGERIA
Abstract The ugly phenomenon of thuggery in Nigerian politics space is a hydra-monster. The prevalent incidences of political thuggery particularly during general elections and even re-run elections in the country is alarming. Political thuggery is an aspect of social violence which is devastating in Nigerian democracy. The menace has become detrimental to democratic sustainability in Nigerian politics in which thugs move mostly in groups victimising, terrorising, intimidating, and injuring innocent ...
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