International records / OpenAlex research

10.51847/sugNtWpKlt

Since independence, Nigeria's conduct of peaceful, free and fair elections has remained the most daunting challenge for the country's democratization; and the degree of violence, intimidation and fraud that generally characterized past elections in the country has seen electoral processes often met by public apathy.Herein, the statutory responsibility of the Nigeria security for maintenance of internal security and crime control, including the legal framework providing for its role in democratic elections, places it at the crux of the pursuit of electoral security.However, the experience in Ni…