The remilitarization of Nigerian politics

Auteurs

  • Rotimi Ajayi University of Ilorin, Nigeria

DOI :

https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2526-303X.v0i18-19p23-51

Mots-clés :

Black Africa, civil power rupture, remilitarization, political arbitrge, perspectives.

Résumé

Rather than aspects of the military intervention theories, the author presents in this paper facts related to the rupture of civilian power and of democratic institutions in Nigeria, caused by the military take over in 1993. He approaches militarism as the arbiter of political disputes in that country, evaluating thre estages of the process: the July 1993 elections, the “Interim National Govenment" (ING), and what he calls the "messianic instincts" of the military junta. In his concluding remarks, he sketches the persp

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Biographie de l'auteur

  • Rotimi Ajayi, University of Ilorin, Nigeria
    Lecturer, Department of Political Sciences, University of Ilorin, Nigeria.

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Publiée

1997-12-09

Numéro

No 18-19 (1997)

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AJAYI, Rotimi. The remilitarization of Nigerian politics. África, [S. l.], n. 18-19, p. 23–51, 1997. DOI: 10.11606/issn.2526-303X.v0i18-19p23-51. Disponível em: https://revistas.usp.br/africa/article/view/74924. Acesso em: 2 mars. 2026.