The credibility of an election is a product of a tactically, intelligently, strategically planned and implemented electioneering processes as it is the base upon which the political future of a Nation can be accurately predicted. Climbing to the corridors, where the prowess of political powers are exercised is an aftermath of electoral conquest.



All over the world, politically inclined offices are not gained through dialogue but by setting a competitive atmosphere for the appearance of candidates who wish to win and occupy them through a contention.



Nigeria dines with other Nations of the world who engage the services of an electoral umpire with ballot papers to prepare, conduct and declare results of contests at various levels. This is traceable to the emergence of Electoral Commission of Nigeria, set up for 1959 elections, then The Federal Electoral Commission introduced for 1960 post independence elections and later coined as Independent National Electoral Commission in 1998. INEC is saddled with the responsibilities of properly planning, organizing, conducting and unveiling results of elections but how has this body fared since inception?



It has been the acts and scenes of violence before, during and after elections but an implementation of Electronic voting system can serve the function of a panacea because it’s a virtual process where card carriers make their choices using networked computer based systems irrespective of location within a time frame as instructed by the body conducting elections with results shown while poll goes on.


Historically, violent elections in Nigeria dates back to 1922 with the introduction of Clifford’s Constitution. The first recorded electoral dispute in post colonial Nigeria occurred in 1964. In the Western Region, political conflicts, popularly referred to as “operation wet e“, were recorded from 1964 to 1965 following both federal and regional elections as well as rift between Awolowo and Akintola. The physical presence of electorate orchestrates an intent for a fight when arguments ensue while sometimes, thugs are used to disrupt the processes.



February 13th 2015, Nnena Ibeh reported for Premium Times that 58 Nigerians died ahead of a rescheduled general elections with about 22 States inclusive then. This has been the path through which our elections have taken and it is biting hard on innocent citizens of Nigeria. Most of political gladiators who empower vulnerable youths with weapons of war have their children well secured in foreign lands with adequate education, good life and health.



During the 2019 Governorship elections in some States, violence were recorded with various degrees of injuries and deaths because the political psychology of an average Nigerian is fixed to do or die affair. They call it survival of the fittest in the battle ground, this is wrong and must be avoided .



European Union observed violence, vote trading and intimidation of voters during the February 3rd supplementary governorship election in Kano State.

The mission said it was disturbed that both the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and security agents did little or nothing to address the violence and malpractices, which spread to many parts of Kano State.



EU said its deployed observers who were prevented from accessing some polling units, for widespread of interference inform of vote-buying by party agents during the supplementary poll was alarming.

From their reports, INEC itself played a vital role in the manoeuvring of processes to favour their pay masters, rather than working towards expected credible elections, bribery was rampant, use of security agents to intimidate and prevent legal voters from exercising their franchise, snatching of ballot boxes in connivance with relevant authorities, sporadic gunshots at polling units to scare away voters, forcing voters to vote in favour of bourgeoisies were all displayed. Let’s not forget that this gives Nigeria a wrong international image and may affect our subsequent relationships with EU countries.

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Frankly speaking I don't see that happening anytime soon as long we still have people who cannot win election except by Rigging in Power