Political power in Nigeria (12)
4 years agoLagos Governor and Ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate to re-election Babajide Sanwo Olu (C) waves to supporters after voting at a polling station for a gubernatorial and House of Assembly candidates during local elections, in Lagos, on March 18, 2023. - Nigerians vote in local elections three weeks after the ruling party won a presidential poll contested by the two main opposition parties. Africa's most populous country will be voting for governors in 28 of the 36 states of the federation -- the other states having already conducted by-elections -- as well as for representatives in state assemblies. (Photo by PIUS UTOMI EKPEI / AFP)
This is the last part of a twelve-part serial on the dynamics of power in Nigeria woven around the evocative metaphor, the Lugardian Architecture. The latter is a dysfunctional entity with centrifugal and centripetal social forces operating under various togas seeking either to hold the entity together for enlightened self-interest other than justice or exit the house of Lugard for self-determination.
