Introduction: More than one hundred years after disparate nation states with
dissimilar cultures, religion, and values amongst others were forcefully amalgamated
by British colonialists for administrative convenience, hegemonic aggrandizement
and fifty years after a three year civil war, Nigeria simultaneously grapples
with insurgency, terrorism, militancy, instability, and recurring agitation for
the balkanization of the country. Most of the issues that led to the Nigeria-Biafra
civil war were glossed over, remain unresolved. At the end of the civil war the
then Head of State, General Gowon bandied the three R’s - reconciliation, rehabilitation
and reconstruction - which turned out to be mere clichés, unfulfilled promises.
