IIARD International Institute of Academic Research and Development

JOURNAL OF POLITICAL SCIENCE AND LEADERSHIP RESEARCH (JPSLR )

E-ISSN 2504-883X
P-ISSN 2695 2432
VOL. 10 NO. 3 2024
DOI: https://doi.org/10.56201/jpslr.v10.no3.2024.pg40.53

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Institutional Collaboration in Electoral Malpractice in Nigeria: Nexus Between INEC and Judiciary

Ahmed Umar Elegu, Usman Danlami Saleh

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Abstract

Electoral malpractice connotes illegal act done with a corrupt and sinister intention to influence the outcome of election often with cooperation or partnership between distinct institutions to achieve a common goal which is often the manipulation of electoral process and outcomes in favour of a particular candidate. This social phenomenon is prevalence in Nigeria democratic system. The objective of this paper is an analysis of institutional collaboration in electoral malpractice within the Nigerian context. Basically, it focuses on the nexus between the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and the Judiciary. It investigates and analyses the extent to which this collaboration influences and perpetuates electoral malfeasance in Nigeria. Secondary sources of data obtained from books, journal articles, newspapers, magazines and the internet were utilized for this paper. The paper adopted and utilizes the Iron Law of Oligarchy as a theory to explain institutional collaboration in election malpractice in Nigeria. The paper found, among other things, that institutional collaboration between the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and the Judiciary in perpetuating electoral

keywords:

Electoral Malpractice, Independent National Electoral Commission, Judiciary

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