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VOL. 7, ISSUE 2 (2025)
Electoral funding and the search for free, fair and credible elections in Nigeria: The 2023 general elections in perspective
Authors
Akhere Patrick Ebojele, Adekunle Saheed Ajisebiyawo, Morris Edogiawerie
Abstract
There is no specific and standard definition
of what free, fair and credible democratic elections mean under international
law. The international law by implications only tries to lay down a guide and
qualities of what a free and fair democratic election should and what it should
not be. Election as one of the most essential ingredients of democracy, its
conduct has remained a challenge to democratic governance not only in Nigeria
but also almost all over the world. Nigeria’s electoral process has since the
first one in 1922 during colonialism to the last in 2023 has been characterized
with fraud such as imposition of candidates, rigging; stuffing ballots,
violence, and intimidation etc. This article is mainly theoretical in
perspective using the primary and secondary data in its context. The paper also
adopted System theory by David Easton. The paper argued violence, legitimacy
crises, corruption and other vices cannot be unrelated with electoral fraud.
Findings indicated allegations of administrative restrictions being selectively
applied to losers coupled with election rigging by winners.
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Pages:25-33
How to cite this article:
Akhere Patrick Ebojele, Adekunle Saheed Ajisebiyawo, Morris Edogiawerie "Electoral funding and the search for free, fair and credible elections in Nigeria: The 2023 general elections in perspective". International Journal of Social Science and Humanities, Vol 7, Issue 2, 2025, Pages 25-33
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