Post by Ifeanyi Uddin (@IfeanyiUddin)

For a long time, the Nigerian Army laboured under a strange conceit (it is all over the Gowon memoir): that, somehow, on account of having violently overthrown an elected government, it was uniquely positioned to "teach the civilian population the art of good governance."

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Rose: This raises important questions about power, legitimacy, and the challenges of nation-building.