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Securing Election Processes: Interrogating the Role of Security Agents in Nigeria’s Elections

Election is a democratic mechanism that measures and reflects the political will of the people. Ideally, the election ought to be a peaceful process of leadership recruitment and succession. However, given the nature of the Nigerian state and the character of its politics, elections in the country often result in violence. The violence takes different forms and is mostly targeted at stakeholders like members of the opposition, election officials, electoral materials, and public and private infrastructures. Worse still, the electoral violence compromises the integrity and credibility of the out…