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EMERGENCY POWERS UNDER THE 1999 CONSTITUTION: THE, CASE STUDY OF PLATEAU STATE

The above statement summed up the decision of the Federal Government under President Olusegun Obasanjo on the long ranning ethnic / religious conflict in Plateau State. Emergency rule as an exception to constitutional order may perhaps predate even the advent of written constitutions as a charter of government. From time immemorial state as a fictional body, epitomized by its leadership, had established the framework of its relationship with the citizens including in extraordinary circumstances which emergency situation portends. In the course of history various legislation, regulations, instr…