@article{MAKHILLPJSS2005367074,
    title = {Colonial and Military Rules in Nigeria: A Symmetrical Relationship},
    journal = {Pakistan Journal of Social Sciences},
    volume = {3},
    number = {6},
    pages = {863-867},
    year = {2005},
    issn = {1683-8831},
    doi = {pjssci.2005.863.867},
    url = {https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?issn=1683-8831&doi=pjssci.2005.863.867},
    author = {Dipo Kolawole},
    keywords = {Colonial rule,Military rule,Symmetry,Asymmetry,Democracy},
    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.}
    }