TY  - JOUR
T1  - Colonial and Military Rules in Nigeria: A Symmetrical Relationship
AU - , Dipo Kolawole 
JO  - Pakistan Journal of Social Sciences
VL  - 3
IS  - 6
SP  - 863
EP  - 867
PY  - 2005
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1683-8831
DO  - pjssci.2005.863.867
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=pjssci.2005.863.867
KW  - Colonial rule
KW  -Military rule
KW  -Symmetry
KW  -Asymmetry
KW  -Democracy
AB  - 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.
ER  -