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Ethnic militias and the threat to democracy in post-transition Nigeria / Osita Agbu.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Agbu, Osita.
- Series:
- Research report (Nordiska Afrikainstitutet) ; no. 127.
- Research report (Nordiska Afrikainstitutet)
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Militia movements--Nigeria.
- Militia movements.
- Ethnic conflict--Nigeria.
- Ethnic conflict.
- Democratization--Nigeria.
- Democratization.
- Federal government--Nigeria.
- Federal government.
- Nigeria.
- Nigeria--Politics and government--1993-2007.
- Politics and government.
- Physical Description:
- 53 pages ; 22 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Uppsala : Nordiska Afrikainstitutet, 2004.
- Summary:
- The democratic opening presented by Nigeria's successful transition to civil rule (June 1998 to May 1999) unleashed a host of hitherto repressed or dormant political forces. Unfortunately, it has become increasingly difficult to differentiate between genuine demands by these forces on the state and outright criminality and mayhem. Post-transition Nigeria is experiencing the proliferation of ethnic militia movements purportedly representing, and seeking to protect, their ethnic interests in a country, which appears incapable of providing the basic welfare needs of its citizens.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 9171065253
- OCLC:
- 55149174
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