Amalgamation and Small Arms Proliferation in Nigeria, 1914-2016

Abstract

Using the survey research design and integration theory as the theoretical framework the study set to examine critically amalgamation as a seed of disunity and small arms proliferation in Nigeria. The vulnerability of crisis caused and entrenched by Lugard’s amalgamation polarized the country along ethnic line with divergent and conflicting rivalries that not only destroyed cohesion but encouraged indiscriminate use of small arms.  The study recommends a re-configuration of the constituent units and the restructuring of the extractive political and economic institutions to avert future pitfalls and at the same time charting better security courses.