Abstract
The Electoral Act 2022 made elaborate provisions with respect to offences relating to violence and intimidation. These offences affect the integrity of the electoral process and they are prevalent in Nigeria. These offences are explicitly defined in the Electoral Act 2022. These offences cover the use of violence and intimidation during the electoral process. These offences are serious violations of the electoral process and are treated with strict penalties under Nigerian law. The judiciary plays a crucial role in addressing these offences. The prevalence of these offences in our electoral system in Nigeria is so alarming and that necessitated the focusing of the writer’s searchlight into these offences with the aim of reducing these offences to their barest minimum for the purpose of strengthening Nigeria’s democratic space. Doctrinal research methodology was adopted in this work. The work came to the conclusion that these offences are the major threat to achieving free and fair elections in Nigeria. The work proffers solutions towards eradicating these menaces for the benefit of our democracy.