IKOKU, S.G.2023-12-122023-12-121985978 156 226 9https://nigeriareposit.nln.gov.ng/handle/20.500.14186/980As the title Nigeria’s Fourth Coup d’etat — Options for Modern Statehood of this book suggests, I have made use of the 31st December 1983 military coup d'etat as the jumping-off point for the articulation of the view that both military and civilian administrations in Nigeria, since independence, should be seen as important milestones in Nigeria’s historical march to modern statehood. These are elements in a dialectical process. Behind all the. twists and turns, the accomplishments and failures, the optimism and vicissitudes of our political life, there is a central thread.Nigeria’s Fourth Coup D’etat; Kirikiri Re-visited; Which Way Nigeria?; The Option; The Desiderata; The Nigerian Experience I; The Nigerian Experience II; The Model; Engineering the Model.enBook