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Political elite in Nigeria: the Yoruba example

The political elite in Nigeria constitute the countrys Power elite. The paper argues that any attempt to understand the nature and activities of the political elite should concentrate on making sense of the process of ethnic mobilisation. Using the Yoruba as a case study, it shows how specific elite gain control of the agenda/goal selling and realisation apparatus of an ethnic group through ethnic mobilisation. Such control then acts as the platform for ensuring group support for ethnic political elite is quest for state political power. The political elite in Nigeria maintain their prominence…