Dipo Kolawole  , 
    Colonial and Military Rules in Nigeria: A Symmetrical Relationship,
    Pakistan Journal of Social Sciences,
    Volume 3,Issue 6,
    2005,
    Pages 863-867,
    ISSN 1683-8831,
    pjssci.2005.863.867,
    (https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=pjssci.2005.863.867)
    Abstract: The Nigerian state has been fundamentally affected by two historical phenomena, colonial rule and military rule. Whereas colonial rule ended about forty-five years ago at the attainment of independence, military rule as a post-colonial instrument of conquest does not seem to have a perceivable abatement. This is in spite of the return to another civil rule since 1999. Indeed, the military conquest has reemerged in the involvement of ex-military rulers in politics. This study presents the dilemma of a post-colonial state coping with contradictory factors of development and democracy.
    Keywords: Colonial rule;Military rule;Symmetry;Asymmetry;Democracy