Usually men and women perform various electoral functions to vote or be voted for into elective positions when the electoral umpires roll out dates and put in place laws that guide the conduct of such acts.
Whatever is the case, while the umpires and government functionaries work tirelessly to educate the citizens on the need for a violence free process, some individuals bent on seizing power use any means possible to foment trouble and ensure that they have the upper hand before during and after the entire process.
Interestingly, several places in the country were hotbeds and flash points of the total disruption of the systems put in place for a free and fair elections during the period starting from the Presidential and National Assembly Elections and the State Governorship and Assembly elections between February and March this year.
It is disheartening though that after several measures and attempts to guide the actors on the need to eschew violence and tow the part of peace,…
