Political thuggery is a cancerous disease or plague in the body polity of most developing countries. It is very sad to observe that this is almost synonymous to politics where the politicians and their supporters or followers see politics as a do-or-die affair. During electioneering campaigns, rallies, and elections, the political thugs seize these opportunities to unleash terror on political opponents or rivals and even on law abiding citizens by the use of various weapons like guns, cutlasses, bows and arrows, knives, etc. to mar, kill or assassinate, destroy houses and properties. Most of these political thugs are composed of youths who are unemployed, poverty ridden and addicted to drugs. However, the conditions these political thugs find themselves make them easily fall prey to the money bag politicians who use their ill-gotten wealth to buy or lure them over and sponsor them as thugs. Political thuggery has very serious socio-economic, political, and security implications to the stability, unity and development of the country. This paper examines the diverse implications of political thuggery in Nigeria, the challenges, and how the country can move forward for its betterment in all spheres of life.
Political thuggery, thugs, unemployment, poverty, insecurity, elections, youths, Nigeria, politicians, community policing, crimes, criminal justice system, conflict resolution mechanisms, government, religions
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