EFFECTS OF ELECTORAL VIOLENCE ON NIGERIA DEMOCRACY.
CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION Background of the Study Within the context of a complete break away from one-party and military dictatorships, African countries dived into competitive multiparty elections since the 1990s. Thus, as Ake puts it ‘Issues of democratization and human rights are increasingly the world’s interest in Africa overcoming a legacy of indifference to the fate of democracy on the continent’ (Ake, 1991:32). Many of these African states that allowed ...
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