THE INTRICACIES OF INTRA-POLITICAL PARTY CRISIS IN NIGERIA: A CASE STUDY OF THE ALL PROGRESSIVE CONGRESS

The study examined the intricacies of intra-political party crisis in Nigeria: A case study of the All Progressive Congress. The main purpose of the study is to identify potential areas for reform or improvement in political party structures and processes. Four research questions were raised to guide the study. Series of related literature were "eviewed. The study adopted descriptive survey research design. The population of the study comprised students, civil servants, artisans, traders and other economic social stratification in Akoko,-Southwest, Ondo State. One hundred (100) respondents were randomly selected. Simple random sampling technique was use to select the participants in the study. Duly validated questionnaire was used to select the data collection. Data collections were analyzed through the use of descriptive statistics of frequency counts and simple percentage. The findings of the study revealed that ideally, political parties are expected to put in place adequate institutional frameworks for mediating conflicts that may occasionally arise among their members. Further findings from the study examined the back drop of the foregoing and considering the crisis dimension that intra-party conflicts have assumed in recent times, it is thus imperative to interrogate the pervasiveness of intra-party conflicts in a democratizing Nigeria. This study recommends that Politicians should avoid unguided statement that could ignite violence in the body policy. That is, politicians should play according to the universally accepted norms and values of democracy. The parties therefore need to train and educate their members in the art of democratic governance.