Mitterand M Okorie
Biographic Data
| ID | 253170 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Mitterand M Okorie |
| GIVEN NAMES | Mitterand M |
| FAMILY NAME | Okorie |
| SIGNATURE | OKORIE M M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Nelson Mandela University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7940-3897 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
I feared for my life”: Votes, violence, and the endangerment of electoral officials in Nigerian elections
Purpose This study aims to examine the risks faced by electoral officials in electoral violence hotspot areas in Nigeria and to empirically explore the political factors that increases the likelihood of their being targeted in balloting spaces. Design/methodology/approach The study chronicles the experiences of electoral officials who were targets of political hoodlums seeking to disrupt elections. The author utilized in-depth interviews and mini…
Prosecuting human traffickers in Nigeria: Victim-witnessing and community-oriented challenges
The paper reflects on the limitations of Nigeria’s antitrafficking efforts, as they relate, particularly, to the complexities of victim-witnessing in the prosecution of sex trafficking cases. While much has been written about the institutional and cultural impediments to victim-witnessing in Nigeria or Nigerian-related sex trafficking cases, our work seeks to ask an often underplayed, if not ignored question: Can individuals existing under unjust…
Religion and Coronavirus Response in Kano State, Nigeria
In April 2020 there was an inordinate spike in COVID -19 related deaths in Kano State, northern Nigeria, due to a lack of adherence to the national public health emergency recommendations. This article aims to explain why this public health fiasco occurred. Utilizing secondary academic literature and news reports from local media, the article interrogates the manifestation of Islam in northern Nigeria and the resulting undermining of the country’…
Policing Nigerian elections: Violence, Institutional Weaknesses and Remedial Trajectories
Child Trafficking in Africa: Reimagining the Problem
Current perspectives on the intractability of child trafficking in Africa considers the problem as a failure of law enforcement or a lack of political will by state actors. In response, these works tend to suggest the need for strengthened institutional mechanisms as a preventative measure to curb the problem. We contend however, that this perspective does not fully appreciate the seeming detachment of civil society in Africa regarding the plight…
Child Trafficking in Africa: Reimagining the Problem
Current perspectives on the intractability of child trafficking in Africa considers the problem as a failure of law enforcement or a lack of political will by state actors. In response, these works tend to suggest the need for strengthened institutional mechanisms as a preventative measure to curb the problem. We contend however, that this perspective does not fully appreciate the seeming detachment of civil society in Africa regarding the plight…
Prosecuting human traffickers in Nigeria: Victim-witnessing and community-oriented challenges
The paper reflects on the limitations of Nigeria’s antitrafficking efforts, as they relate, particularly, to the complexities of victim-witnessing in the prosecution of sex trafficking cases. While much has been written about the institutional and cultural impediments to victim-witnessing in Nigeria or Nigerian-related sex trafficking cases, our work seeks to ask an often underplayed, if not ignored question: Can individuals existing under unjust…
Religion and Coronavirus Response in Kano State, Nigeria
In April 2020 there was an inordinate spike in COVID -19 related deaths in Kano State, northern Nigeria, due to a lack of adherence to the national public health emergency recommendations. This article aims to explain why this public health fiasco occurred. Utilizing secondary academic literature and news reports from local media, the article interrogates the manifestation of Islam in northern Nigeria and the resulting undermining of the country’…
Policing Nigerian elections: Violence, Institutional Weaknesses and Remedial Trajectories
I feared for my life”: Votes, violence, and the endangerment of electoral officials in Nigerian elections
Purpose This study aims to examine the risks faced by electoral officials in electoral violence hotspot areas in Nigeria and to empirically explore the political factors that increases the likelihood of their being targeted in balloting spaces. Design/methodology/approach The study chronicles the experiences of electoral officials who were targets of political hoodlums seeking to disrupt elections. The author utilized in-depth interviews and mini…
Criminology (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Law (3 works) · Politics (3 works) · Sex work and related issues (3 works) · Law (2 works) · State (computer science (2 works) · African Education and Politics (1 works) · African Sexualities and LGBTQ+ Issues (1 works)