Opposition political parties and democratic consolidation in Nigeria: examining All Progressive Congress (APC) in the 2015 general elections

• Main Authors: Sule, Babayo, Mohd Sani, Mohd Azizuddin, Mat, Bakri
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Airiti Inc. 2018
• Subjects: JQ Political institutions Asia
• Online Access: http://repo.uum.edu.my/26428/1/TJIA%2021%204%202018%2081%20112.pdf; http://repo.uum.edu.my/26428/; http://www.airitilibrary.com/Publication/alDetailedMesh?DocID=10274979-201804-201808080001-201808080001-81-112

Opposition political parties in Nigeria have been battling with the politics of zero sum game where winner takes all and loser lose all in a democratic setting since political independence in 1960. The ruling party used powers of incumbency, state treasury, state apparatus and all advantages of powe...