Democracy without voters: The origin of Nigeria’s insecurity crisis

On January 26, 2009, Mamman Bello Ali died. He was the governor of Yobe State in North-east Nigeria. At around the same time, an anti-terrorism campaign by the government of Nigeria in Yobe State and its neighbour, Borno State, was about to make a murderous transition into a full-blown insurgency.

Chidi Anselm Odinkalu