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The emergence of the current democratic rule in Nigeria was born from very intense political struggles that emanated from the annulment of the 12 June 1993 presidential election.

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Akinwunmi-Othman, M.N. (2017). Introduction. In: Globalization and Africa’s Transition to Constitutional Rule. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-56035-9_1

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