Intra and inter party post-election crisis/feud management in a pluralistic democracy: An x-ray of the Nigerian political landscape

Abstract

The analysis in this paper focuses on intra and inter-party electoral crisis/feud management in
pluralistic polities of the world. While the study specifically focused on the Nigerian political
landscape, where applicable, engaged in a synoptic juxta-positional analysis of the experiences of
other pluralistic democracies notably the United States of America and India. The analysis
choreographed the Nigerian nation’s political dilemmas in the context of various developments within
it right from the colonial period to date and identified what is considered relevant and necessary to be
done to rid Nigerian nation of her present political dilemmas.