PREFACE
Nigeria with an estimated population of over two hundred million (UN 2021 estimate) is Africa’s largest democracy. The journey to the current democracy, popularly called the Third Republic, has been a chequered one. Following the overthrow of the Alhaji Shehu Usman Shagari Regime by the military juntas, human rights generally, especially fundamental freedoms, took the backstage. Things peaked however, with the annulment of the June 12th Elections in 1993; the political imbroglio and crisis that ensued; and the execution of Ken Saro Wiwa, which caused sanctions to be imposed on the country by the international community, especially the EU countries and the USA.
