Abstract
Rapid urbanization in Africa and Nigeria has changed the urban scene such that constant struggles for space influence policy decisions and political activities. Urban space has become more contentious among the socio-economic city classes to the point where examining it from social and political perspectives and incorporating it into the current urban politics discourse is expedient. It is necessary to interrogate how usage of space forms a major component of party politics and election campaigns in Ibadan. This study is qualitative, descriptive case study research. Data are gathered from In-depth interviews, newspapers and the internet on election campaigns of the People's Democratic Party, All Progressive Congress, and Accord Party and are content-analysed. Marxist urbanism theory is used to explain urban space usage for capital accumulation and legitimisation of urban space usage. The chapter concludes by reestablishing the essence of wealth creation, industrialization and people-centred infrastructural development in the usage of urban spaces.
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