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Implications of Vote Buying on Democratic Consolidation in Nigeria: A study of the 2023 National Assembly Election in Ebonyi Central Senatorial Zone
Abstract
The study examined the implications of vote buying on democratic consolidation in Nigeria with
a focus on 2023 National Assembly election in Ebonyi central senatorial zone. The study aimed
at identifying the manifestations, impacts and the catalyst to vote buying in the National
Assembly election in Ebonyi Central Senatorial zone in particular and Nigeria in general. The
study adopted the quantitative method which was supported by the qualitative method of data
collection and used clientelism as the theoretical framework. The data collected was presented in
tables and analyzed using simple percentage. The hypotheses were tested using a T test. The
study discovered that vote buying largely affected the outcome of the 2023 National Assembly
Election in Ebonyi Central Senatorial zone and identified some factors such as poverty, lack of
voter’s education and poor execution of sanctions as catalyst of vote buying. The study
concluded that without tackling the catalyst of vote buying in Nigeria election, vote buying will
keep on thriving.
