Abstract
The roles of hate speech, ethnicity and region were very central to the 2015 general elections in Nigeria. Essentially, the elections created “mobilisational gaps”, built around religion and ethnic...
Highlights
Elections serve twin purposes in a democracy
The fundamental basis for the introduction of the device in the 2015 general elections was to prevent electoral fraud, ensure that votes counted, reduce litigations arising from elections, authenticate and verify voters, protect the integrity and credibility of Nigerian elections, audit results from polling units across the country, and ensure transparency and accountability by Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in election administration
This paper investigated the link between the outcome of the 2015 general elections, political exclusion and national integration in Nigeria
Summary
Elections serve twin purposes in a democracy. First, it gives voters the freedom to choose candidates of their choice in order to manage their affairs and secondly, it affords the candidates the opportunity to canvass for the votes of the eligible voters in a free and fair contest (Obianyo & Emesibe, 2015). The fundamental basis for the introduction of the device in the 2015 general elections was to prevent electoral fraud, ensure that votes counted, reduce litigations arising from elections, authenticate and verify voters, protect the integrity and credibility of Nigerian elections, audit results from polling units across the country, and ensure transparency and accountability by INEC in election administration. The use of the electronic card reader machine for accreditation of voters was provided for in the Approved Guidelines and Regulations for the Conduct of the 2015 General Elections, but not in either the Constitution or the Electoral Act. the device was never intended to supplant, displace or supersede the voters’ register. Following the insistence of former President Goodluck Jonathan to contest the 2011 Presidential Election against the zoning arrangement of the party, some politicians of Hausa/ Fulani extraction with megalomaniac inclinations decided to use every available means to ensure the return of political power to the Northern region. It was under this platform that politicians like Alhaji Lawal Kaita, Alhaji Adamu Ciroma, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, General Ibrahim
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