Deconstructing abacha: Demilitarization and democratic consolidation in Nigeria after the Abacha Era

Government and Opposition

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 71-96

  Njoku, Raphael Chijioke ^a  

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EID: 0035581654     PISSN: 0017257X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1477-7053.00054     Document Type: Article

References (12)

1. Samuel P. Huntington, The Third Wave, London, University of Oklahoma Press, 1991.
2. Kunle Amuwo, The Political Economy of Nigeria's Local Government Election of December 1998', Transition in Nigeria, Issue: Journal of Opinion, XXVII:1 (1999), pp. 21-5; Kayode Soremekun, 'Disguised Tourism and the Electoral Process in Africa: A Study of International Observers and the 1998 Local Government Elections in Nigeria'. Transition in Nigeria, pp. 26-8; Darren Kew, 'Democrazy-Dem Go Craze, O: Monitoring the 1999 Nigerian Elections', Transition in Nigeria, pp. 30-2; Amadu Sesay and Charles Ukeje, 'The West and Elections in Nigeria', Transition in Nigeria, pp. 34-8.
3. Kunle Amuwo, The Political Economy of Nigeria's Local Government Election of December 1998', Transition in Nigeria, Issue: Journal of Opinion, XXVII:1 (1999), pp. 21-5; Kayode Soremekun, 'Disguised Tourism and the Electoral Process in Africa: A Study of International Observers and the 1998 Local Government Elections in Nigeria'. Transition in Nigeria, pp. 26-8; Darren Kew, 'Democrazy-Dem Go Craze, O: Monitoring the 1999 Nigerian Elections', Transition in Nigeria, pp. 30-2; Amadu Sesay and Charles Ukeje, 'The West and Elections in Nigeria', Transition in Nigeria, pp. 34-8.
4. Kunle Amuwo, The Political Economy of Nigeria's Local Government Election of December 1998', Transition in Nigeria, Issue: Journal of Opinion, XXVII:1 (1999), pp. 21-5; Kayode Soremekun, 'Disguised Tourism and the Electoral Process in Africa: A Study of International Observers and the 1998 Local Government Elections in Nigeria'. Transition in Nigeria, pp. 26-8; Darren Kew, 'Democrazy-Dem Go Craze, O: Monitoring the 1999 Nigerian Elections', Transition in Nigeria, pp. 30-2; Amadu Sesay and Charles Ukeje, 'The West and Elections in Nigeria', Transition in Nigeria, pp. 34-8.
5. Kunle Amuwo, The Political Economy of Nigeria's Local Government Election of December 1998', Transition in Nigeria, Issue: Journal of Opinion, XXVII:1 (1999), pp. 21-5; Kayode Soremekun, 'Disguised Tourism and the Electoral Process in Africa: A Study of International Observers and the 1998 Local Government Elections in Nigeria'. Transition in Nigeria, pp. 26-8; Darren Kew, 'Democrazy-Dem Go Craze, O: Monitoring the 1999 Nigerian Elections', Transition in Nigeria, pp. 30-2; Amadu Sesay and Charles Ukeje, 'The West and Elections in Nigeria', Transition in Nigeria, pp. 34-8.
6. Judith-Ann Walker, 'Civil Society and Election in Nigeria', Transition in Nigeria, op. cit., pp. 54-5. See also Yemi Olowolabi, 'Born-Again Helmsman: A Trust of Faith Presents Obasanjo with a Second Chance', Tell, Lagos, 31 May 1999, pp.20-21. General Obasanjo was thrown into gaol by Abacha, following an accusation of plotting a coup in 1994.
7. Judith-Ann Walker, 'Civil Society and Election in Nigeria', Transition in Nigeria, op. cit., pp. 54-5. See also Yemi Olowolabi, 'Born-Again Helmsman: A Trust of Faith Presents Obasanjo with a Second Chance', Tell, Lagos, 31 May 1999, pp.20-21. General Obasanjo was thrown into gaol by Abacha, following an accusation of plotting a coup in 1994.
8. In an editorial, captioned 'Nigeria's Last Chance', the new democratic government was described as Nigeria's last opportunity to redeem itself from the inclination towards self-destruction, which has been in motion for four decades. Tell, Lagos, 31 May 1999, p. 16.
9. Huntington, The Third Wave, op, cit., pp. 109-315.
10. Ibid., pp. 40-7.
11. Robert Pinkney, Democracy in the Third World, Buckingham, Open University Press, 1993, pp. 120-2.
12. Huntington, The Third Wave, op. cit., pp. 582-6.