University of Uyo Abstract-This study examines the politics of defection and its implications
on Nigeria's democracy. Nigeria's return to democracy in 1999 ushered in a great hope of …

Sustaining democratic governance is a philosophy hinged largely on the functionality of the
institutions of governance in line with democratic process and norms. The study established …

This essay examines one of the challenges confronting electoral democracy in Nigeria for
further analysis. The way and manner politicians defect from one party to the other has …

The paper assessed the effects of intra-party crises and defections on party performance
during the 2015 General Elections in Kwara State, North-central Nigeria. Data obtained from …

Political parties are globally recognized as agents of democratization. Against this
background, this paper interrogates the centrality of political parties in Nigeria's …

This chapter is an analysis of the politics of defection in the Nigerian National Assembly from
1999 to 2019. Relying heavily on documentary sources of data and anchoring analysis on …

We analyse party-switching in Nigeria by grounding the practice on the framework of
distributive state. The consideration that drives the rampant defection from one party to …

The study examined the tripodic linkage between party leadership, intra-party crisis and
democratic consolidation in the Southwest Nigeria between 2006 and 2017. It relied on …

Este artigo, adotando métodos descritivos, históricos e analíticos de investigação e
utilizando a Nigéria pós-autoritária como pano de fundo da investigação, examina os …

In a democratic system, political parties are more than personalized entities catering solely
to elite interests. They are structured organizations with established rules, procedures …