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Self‐determination group or extra‐legal governance agency? The multifaceted nature of the Oodua people's congress in Nigeria
Author(s) -
Guichaoua Yvan
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
journal of international development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.533
H-Index - 66
eISSN - 1099-1328
pISSN - 0954-1748
DOI - 10.1002/jid.1569
Subject(s) - agency (philosophy) , democracy , corporate governance , politics , political science , public administration , yoruba , law , sociology , political economy , social science , economics , management , linguistics , philosophy
The paper contributes to the understanding of the origins of violent non‐legal organisations in West Africa by focusing on the emergence and the evolution of the Oodua People's Congress (OPC), a movement aiming at defending the interests of the Yoruba people in Nigeria. It discusses the causes of its gradual transformation from a self‐determination group ready to use political violence into an agency of local extra‐legal governance tolerated by official federal authorities. This evolution may reflect the normalisation of the OPC in Nigeria's weak democracy. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.