Download or read book Politics and Election in Nigeria Since 1960 (A Case Study of African Politics) written by Mgbe Kelly and published by . This book was released on 2010-04-30 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Throughout the whole world, election which has been the most common and the most widely accepted means of changing leadership in a political system, has always been controversial. The situation is particularly serious in Africa , where the nagging problem of ethnicity is as old as the continent itself. The problem is even more serious in Nigeria, a country bound in the shackles of regionalized political system, ethnicity and corruption. This book ' Politics and Election in Nigeria Since 1960' analytically discussed Nigerian quest for democracy since her Independence in 1960. The discussion of the book is mainly on Nigerian leadership style that delves into the persistent, salient phenomenal, socio-political and economic problems militating against the nation's march to a true and enduring democracy.