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Title:Fairy godfathers and magical elections: understanding the 2003 electoral crisis in Anambra State, Nigeria
Author:Hoffmann, LeenaISNI
Year:2010
Periodical:Journal of Modern African Studies (ISSN 0022-278X)
Volume:48
Issue:2
Pages:285-310
Language:English
Geographic term:Nigeria
Subjects:patronage
People's Democratic Party
elections
2003
External link:https://www.jstor.org/stable/40864718
Abstract:On 10 July 2003, a civilian coup was attempted in Anambra State in southeast Nigeria. Barely two months after Chris Ngige, an unknown medical doctor who had been selected by a powerful political entrepreneur to stand in the gubernatorial elections, was sworn in as the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governor of Anambra, a team of armed policemen disarmed his security detail and took him into custody. The governor's attempted ousting made public the breakdown of his relationship with his political godfather, Chief Chris Uba, and sparked a debate on godfather politics in Nigeria. Using the case of Anambra, this article investigates the complex network of personalized relationships that holders of state power maintain with their national and local clientelistic constituencies. It explores the political underpinnings of the crisis and its links to national-level power dynamics, particularly within the ruling party and the Obasanjo presidency. Bibliogr., notes, ref., sum. [Journal abstract]
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