For several scores of years, Nigeria has earned an appellation for herself as a showcase of Africa’s democracy. Paradoxically, every journey towards such democratic experiment had been laden with electoral violence even since the colonial days. With the rebirth of African liberalism in the 1990s, electoral violence returned in a more frightening dimension. This study investigated the factors influencing incidence of electoral violence in selected communities in Ilorin metropolis.
Chapter one of the study lays an introduction for subsequent chapters. Following the background of the study, the problem statement and the objective of the study which provided basis for the significance of the study, The study is significant in that it gave an insight to solutions to the identified factors influencing incidence of electoral violence in selected communities in Ilorin metropolis, and the limitations of this study were also highlighted.
In the literature review as contained in chapter two, works of various authors, international and local journals were reviewed to elicit views on the factors influencing the incidence of electoral violence in Ilorin metropolis. Chapter three, research methodology, description of population and sampling procedure for data collection were discussed. Methods of questionnaire design, determination of sampling size and questionnaire distribution were also highlighted.
The survey research design through the administration of questionnaires was used for the study. A sample of Three hundred and eleven male and female cutting across six (6) selected communities in Ilorin metropolis from the entire population of 2,885. These communities include; Ajikobi, Pakata, Oloje, Idi-Ape, Agbo-Oba, and Adeta, who were randomly selected was used for the study.
A self- designed questionnaire by the researchers titled- factors influencing incidence of electoral violence in selected communities in Ilorin metropolis Questionnaire was used to obtain data. The findings revealed a number of factors influencing incidence of electoral violence in selected communities in Ilorin metropolis.
Chapter four was based on analysis of data collected. This chapter was sub-divided into data analysis and interpretation. Finally, chapter five was divided into summary of findings, recommendation and conclusion.
