DEMOCRACY AND THE FEARED FACTORS THREATENING NIGERIAN NATION

Abstract

Hidden, and operated under fear in the era of dictatorship, the concept, ethnic militias and its threat to the Nigerian Nation arose immediately after the ushering-in of Neo-democracy. Like if hell were let loose, the several ethnic groups, incredible conflict paradigm being politicized in the midst of sought to actualize the basis of their self-acclaimed rights and existences in a united-unity prone state. Thereby imposing a great threat to the thriving democratic tenets; as their activities seeks to redefine the geographical entity called Nigeria in their separately avowed interest. The perspective of this pieces, ‘ethnic militias, democracy and the threat to Nationhood: a negative dimension toward Nigerian polity’, is considered a very important area of study, referencing the categorical and destructive tendencies of violence in the country when everybody supposedly ought to be one. A persistent phenomenon in the past decades, and even into the new millennium. More so, this work, mindful of the essence of Neo-democracy which seek to Unite the world into a global village wished not to be truncated to the disfavour of Nigeria, as its benefits need to be explained further. The research examines the reoccurring decimal of violence, agitations and the dimensional propensities as affecting the inhabitants politically, economically, and socially. The implications of the increasing number of displaced people, refugee overflow and poverty in the midst of a threaten democracy also need to be revisited. The work, hinged on the theory of political rights, explains the reasons for all struggles. Thus, to advocating for the enthronement of a virile democracy where everybody will be a co-participator to the development of the society is very essential.