1. Inadequate voter education: The electoral umpire has a
major task to carry out educating the voters on the dos and
don’ts before, during and after elections. There must be a
conscious effort to reach the voters physically to demonstrate
and educate them on the need to carry out their franchise
within the ambit of the law.


2. Failure of the justice system: A situation where politicians
who have been indicted for electoral violence in the past are
still working freely till this day tend to promote impunity among
the political class, who has developed the mindset that they
can get away with violent acts during the electioneering period.
There is a need to look into the justice system to fashion out
ways to prosecute electoral offenders.


3. Unemployment: Majority of the mass number of youths who
are unemployed are a ready made army in the hands of
unscrupulous politicians. The desperation of the political class
to grab or retain power by all means is consistent with the
desperation of some of the unemployed youths to survive at all
cost.


4. Corruption: Corruption is a menace that has eaten deep in
virtually all strata of the Nigerian society. Indeed, the electoral
system is not free from this menace as monies constantly
change hands during electioneering period to induce, silence or
influence the process as the case may be.


5. Lack of internal democracy in political parties: Nigerian
political parties have failed in their primary duty to re-orientate
politicians within their fold on the need to play by the rules.
Worst still, electoral violence is consciously or unconsciously
encouraged at the party level when candidates emerge for the
main elections. This is due to the flawed processes instituted
internally by the parties.


6. Inadequate security: The Nigerian security agencies are
most times overwhelmed by the spate of political violence that
has been witnessed in the society over time. Several media
reports have detailed how security personnel were on ground
when these acts were committed, but look the other way
because of their limitations in terms of their numbers or tools
they need to carry out their duties effectively.


7. Misinterpretation of politics: Quite a lot of people in the
Nigerian society believe that violence in politics is a norm. And
they have unfortunately, gotten accustomed to the violence
that spring up during the electionnering period. In-fact, many
youths who are recruited into the private armies of politicians,
already have the mindset that their duty is to cause mayhem,
foment trouble, intimidate voters a d engage in a brawl with
political opponents. This kind of mindset clearly shows that
politics have been greatly misunderstood by the political class,
the large section of the public and party followers.


8. Poverty: The mass poverty in Nigeria is capable of turning a
decent man into a beast within a twinkle of an eye. The political
class in the country are aware of this fact, and they use it to
their advantage, knowing that getting people on their side is not
a big deal, so far they can flash the cash. It is also the norm to
influence voters’ decisions with cash and gifts in order to gain
their support.


9. Lack of democratic culture: Decades of military rule has
affected the psyche of the average Nigerian and indeed
Nigerian politicians. Indeed, many are still struggling to come
to terms that we are now practicing democracy. Lack of
democratic culture is evident in all the stages of the
electioneering period from internal party wrangling, to
campaign rallies, to political debates and to the interactions
between politicians and the public. Efforts need to be made by
civil society groups to instill democratic culture in the Nigerian
populace.


10. Lack of integrity from electoral umpires: A situation where
the electoral umpire clearly show bias for one group over
another is a recipe for political violence. Over time, those
whose duties are to conduct a free and fair have been at the
fore front of electoral malpractices, which in turn results to civil
disturbances by political parties that have been cheated. The
onus is on electoral umpires to ensure the electoral process is
credible in order to eliminate the constant cases of violence
that is now associated with elections.

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11) Youths Mumuism. It is different from your number one because most of the uneducated women and men from the uneducated generation always seek advices when voting and would always disappear after voting even though they know little about the essence of voting. These type of people do not even ask you who wins afterwards unless you decide to tell them. Youths are making politics very difficult these days. they now fan parties like football clubs.

You need to see how zombies and real being disputes on nairaland.... @op, is that a typical example of political violence