Current Institutional Affiliation
Full Time/Lecturer I, Political Science & International Relations

Award Information

Next Generation Social Sciences in Africa: Doctoral Dissertation Proposal Fellowship 2014
Institutional Affiliation (at time of award):
DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL SCIENCE AND INTERNATIONAL RELATION, University of Ibadan
THE POLITICS OF ELECTION PETITIONS IN NIGERIA'S FOURTH REPUBLIC

THE STUDY IS ABOUT THE POLITICS OF ELECTION PETITIONS IN NIGERIA'S FOURTH REPUBLIC. THE STUDY AIMS AT UNRAVELING THE UNDERLINING FORCES, INTERESTS, INFLUENCES AND MOTIVES THAT DETERMINE THE PROCESSES AND OUTCOMES OF ELECTION PETITIONS WHEN ELECTORAL BATTLES SHIFT FROM THE POLLING BOOTHS TO THE JUDICIARY. THE UNENDING AND LONG TORTOUS ROAD TO AN ELECTION PETITION AND THE ATTENDANT CONFLICTS THAT ENSUE FROM EACH JUDICIAL SITTING BY SUPPORTERS OF POLITICAL PARTIES ALSO CONSTITUTES SERIOUS NATIONAL SECURITY THREAT TO THE POLITY. THE ROLE OF POLITICAL GLADIATORS, POLITICAL PARTIES, JUDGES, PUBLIC OPINION, SECURITY AGENCIES AND THE ELECTORAL BODY SHALL BE INVESTIGATED IN SUBSTANTIATING CLAIMS OF POLITICAL AND NOT LEGAL UNDERCURRENTS IN ELECTION PETITION PROCESSES AND OUTCOMES.

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