Review of African Political Economy
Review of African Political Economy - Vol. 12 No. 33
Nigeria: Buhari Squeezes his Critics
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Abstract of Briefing
Title:Nigeria: Buhari Squeezes his Critics
Author:John Maikwano
Location:Vol.12 No.33 (Summer 1985), pp96-101
 Few if any tears were shed in Nigeria when, on 31 December 1983, military commanders swept aside the regime of President Shehu Shagari. Many Westerners regretted the failure of Nigeria's democratic experiment, and the consequent loss of civil and political liberties. There were few Nigerians then who did not dismiss these misgivings with cynicism, even contempt.

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