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The securitisation of democracy and electoral politics in Nigeria by the Abubakar military regime in 1999 could be viewed within two contexts. One, it was a necessary step to douse the growing tensions and frustrations of Nigerians against the long military rule, which lasted for 16 years after General Buhari toppled the Shagari government in December 1983. Secondly, it conformed to the third wave of democratisation, which permeated the polities of several African states in the 1990s as authoritarian regimes were replaced with democratic governments through the ballot box (Oni, 2020). The military thus reintroduced participatory governance in Nigeria, aligning with the prevailing realities across Africa, as well as in other formerly closed and autocratic systems in Latin America and Asia (Oni, 2020; Erameh et al., 2021).

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    2026年

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  • Ebenezer Oluwole Oni,
  • Omololu M. Fagbadebo

摘要

The securitisation of democracy and electoral politics in Nigeria by the Abubakar military regime in 1999 could be viewed within two contexts. One, it was a necessary step to douse the growing tensions and frustrations of Nigerians against the long military rule, which lasted for 16 years after General Buhari toppled the Shagari government in December 1983. Secondly, it conformed to the third wave of democratisation, which permeated the polities of several African states in the 1990s as authoritarian regimes were replaced with democratic governments through the ballot box (Oni, 2020). The military thus reintroduced participatory governance in Nigeria, aligning with the prevailing realities across Africa, as well as in other formerly closed and autocratic systems in Latin America and Asia (Oni, 2020; Erameh et al., 2021).