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Identity Politics and the 2023 Presidential Elections in Nigeria: A Critique

This paper critique the role played by endemic parochial sentiments in form of identity politics in the 2023 presidential elections in Nigeria. The paper sought the understanding of role of ethnicity and religion in elections in Africa from the theoretical perspective called theory of African democracy and it adopted the qualitative method where data from secondary sources were explored to evaluate the role of ethnicity and religion in 2023 presidential elections in Nigeria. The paper found that ethnicity, religion, and regional sentiments played a major role in the election. The practical imp…