ABSTRACT

This conclusion presents some closing thoughts on the concepts covered in the preceding chapters of this book. The book argues that the principle of No victor, No vanquished that was announced after the war had selective application, and that aspects of the DDR exercise and the treatment meted out to former Biafran soldiers showed that there was clearly a case of amnesty not being amnesia. It examines the broad theme of the politics of the Nigerian Civil War and in this conclusion, it attempts two things: first, to provide an analysis of the DDR exercise in Nigeria, and second, to provide a summary of the main arguments advanced in the book. The raiding of an armoury allegedly owned by the Niger Delta Peoples Volunteer Force (NDPVF) on the first day of the disarmament process and the subsequent reported low or non-turn out of militants to disarm indicates the large scale mistrust of the intentions of the federal government.