id	author	title	date	pages	extension	mime	words	sentence	flesch	summary	cache	txt
ape-1726	Ihemeje, Godwin C.	Traditional Rulers, Electoral Process, and Nigeria’s Fourth Republic: Exploring Relevance	2018	15	.pdf	application/pdf	7420	318	39	The post-colonial state has criminalized the factual indigenous structure in Nigeria, these is evident in major suspension of traditional rulers as it is also exemplified in the removal of Deji of Akure in South Western Nigeria who was alleged of brutally beating his wife as against the courtesy of fundamental disposition of traditional ruler as a symbolic personality in the society. Abstract This study examines the role of traditional rulers in the Nigerian electoral process with a view to revealing perceptions arising from such engagement, specifically in democratic transitional process.	cache/ape-1726.pdf	txt/ape-1726.txt