Abstract: Elections serve the purpose of selecting leaders according to the rules and regulations of societies. It provides the opportunities for the smooth transfer of political power from one administration to the other, and from groups to groups thereby ensuring political and socio-economic stability in societies. Unfortunately, the electoral process in Nigeria has been characterized with election malpractices which are majorly perpetuated by the ruling elites who want to remain in power at all cost and by all means. This is made manifest in vote-buying, bribing of electoral officials to manipulate election results, ballot stuffing, ballot boxes snatching, intimidation e.t.c. Electoral corruption.....
KEY WORDS: Election, corruption, electoral process, insecurity
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