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The Remilitarization of Nigerian Politics

Ra ther t ha n as p ec t s of the milit a ry int e r ve ntion theori es , the a uthor pr ese nt s in thi s p a p e r fa c t s r e l a t e d to the ruptur e of c i v ili a n pow e r a nd of d e mo c r a ti c i ns titutio ns in N ig e ri a , cause d by the milit a ry t a k e o ve r in 1993. H e a ppro ac he s milit a ri s m as the a rbit e r of politi ca l di s put es in t ha t c ountr y , eva l ua ting thr e e s t a g es of the pro cess: the J uly 1993 e l ec tio ns , the “Interim National Govenment (ING), and what he calls the messianic instincts of the military junta. In his concluding remark…