Many state governments have resorted to "caretaker committees" instead of allowing their State Independent Electoral Commissions (SIECs) to hold elections when they are scheduled. It has been known that the party in charge of a state apparatus has won elections in those cases. The primary aim of this research is to evaluate the influence of local government elections on Nigeria's political evolution. Among the specific goals are evaluating the function of state political executives in deciding local government representation in Nigeria and evaluating the actions of SIECs in overseeing local government elections. This paper analyzes Nigerian local government polls using a comparative/case study methodology. Geopolitical considerations are used to discuss this. Using a scientific research methodology, the study included both qualitative and quantitative data. Primary and secondary data were gathered through observation and interview techniques, as well as from newspaper publications and other official records related to elections and offices. Among the study's conclusions are that SIECs are merely independent in name and not in reality, and that many state governments in Nigeria do not give local government elections a high priority in their state's political landscape out of concern for their political rivals. The study suggests, among other things, that Nigeria should follow the Third Republic's system, which gave the EMB the authority to hold elections at all levels of government, and that local elections in Nigeria should be integrated into the nation's electoral process in all its implications.