From Aid to Civil Authority to Policing Duties: Exploring an Emerging Role of the Military in Nigeria’s Democracy

• In Event: Violent Politics

Brief Overview

The study sees that the coercive projection of force by civil authorities through continuing use of the military for policing duties signposts an authoritarian character of the elite with fundamental roll back effects on democracy.

Authors

• Bernard Ugochukwu Nwosu, University of Nigeria

• Okechukwu Ibeanu, University of Nigeria

• Ndubuisi Nwokolo, Nextier