. Kano PRP raises the alarm over insecurity, killings
Sunday Aborisade in Abuja and Ahmad Sorondinki in Kano
A Professor of Political Science at the University of Ilorin, Prof. Emmanuel Ojo, has warned that West Africa is gradually sliding back into a dangerous cycle of coups and counter-coups as worsening governance failures, economic hardship and weak democratic institutions continue to erode public confidence in civilian administrations.
Ojo sounded the warning yesterday while delivering the Fourth Annual Guest Lecture of the Department of Political Science and International Relations at Koladaisi University, Ibadan, titled, “Resurgence of Military Coups in Africa: A Prognosis.”
The political scientist, in his lecture, a copy of which was obtained by THISDAY in Abuja, said the recent resurgence of military takeovers, particularly across the Sahel region, reflected growing public frustration over insecurity, poverty, unemployment and what many citizens perceive as the failure of democratic governments to deliver tangible dividends of governance.
