22 Nov 2006

High Profile Political Killings In Nigeria

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IV. POLITICAL ASSASSINATIONS

Nigeria In Africa it has become a regular occurrences for political killings to take places . Especially in the new democractic countries whom political parties struggle for power in the respective nations . Countries like Nigeria have had a lot of high profile political killings.An increase in the number of killings of high profile political figures in recent months has sharpened fears in Nigeria of a violent and turbulent election period. While the cases described below are a sample of some of the more high profile killings in Nigeria, they do not constitute an exhaustive list.

Marshall Harry
On March 5, 2003, Marshall Harry, South-South Zone the national vice Chaiman of the largest opposition party in Nigeria, the ANPP, became the most senior national figure to have been victim of political killings since Justice Minister and Attorney General Bola Ige was killed in December 2001.

Bola Ige
While violence seems to have increased in the lead-up to elections, political killings are by no means only an election-related phenomenon in Nigeria. Federal Justice Minister and Attorney General Bola Ige was shot dead in his home in Ibadan, in the southwestern state of Oyo, on December 23, 2001. His killing was highest level politicial killing in Nigeria since President Obasanjo government came into power in 1999, and the case provoked a severe outcry in Nigeria".

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In conlusion

Nigeria demonstrates the growing number of political violence in Africa and without international intervention it will continue to escalate.

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