2025-03-28https://repository.covenantuniversity.edu.ng/handle/123456789/35064Nigeria is in its 51st year of political independence. Interestingly, the period has witnessed more of military than civilian or democratic governance. Indeed, but for the decade between 1999 and 2009, when civil or supposedly democratic rule prevailed, Nigeria's post-independence political history could have been one of military dominance with occasional civilian interventionapplication/pdfH Social Sciences (General)Article