Self-determination group or extra-legal governance? The multi-faceted nature of the Oodua People's Congress in Nigeria

Yvan Guichaoua

doi:10.1002/jid.1569

Self-determination group or extra-legal governance? The multi-faceted nature of the Oodua People's Congress in Nigeria

Yvan Guichaoua

School of Global Development

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Abstract

paper contributes to the understanding of the origins of violent non-legalorganisations in West Africa by focusing on the emergence and the evolution of the OoduaPeople’s Congress (OPC), a movement aiming at defending the interests of the Yoruba peoplein Nigeria. It discusses the causes of its gradual transformation from a self-determinationgroup ready to use political violence into an agency of local extra-legal governance toleratedby of?cial federal authorities. This evolution may re?ect the normalisation of the OPC inNigeria’s weak democracy.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	520-533
Number of pages	14
Journal	Journal of International Development
Volume	21
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/jid.1569
Publication status	Published - 2009

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