Food for thought.

A Consideration of the Constitutional Transition And Development in Nigeria, From the Pre-Independence Constitutions Which Include the 1922 Clifford Constitution, 1946 Richards Constitution, 1957 Macpherson Constitution, 1954 Lyttleton Constitution And the Post-Independence Constitutions Which Include the 1963 Republican Constitution, 1979 Republican Constitution, And the Present 1999 Constitution, Reveals That the Nation’s Experience in Constitutionalism Has Brought to the Fore the Heterogeneous And Diverse Nature of the Country. This Has Posed a Serious Challenge to Our Survival As a Nation. Only the 1963 Constitution Appears to Address These Challenges And Capture the Essence of Our Diversity.
It seems clear that the political bastardization, constitutional uproar and the structural and systemic deterioration in our polity are as a result of the operation of the current 1999 Constitution. This is because the present Constitution is an extremely  fraudulent document that lied to itself in its preamble because Nigerians did not at any time gather anywhere to enact such a Constitution as claimed by its preamble. Rather it was imposed on us in a manner reminiscent of a testament after the demise of the testator. Thus, the bane of the present Constitution lies in the absence of the people’s consideration by the military before its enactment. From its making, content and context, there are several inherent contradictions and lacunae in its provisions which call for the restoration of 1963 Constitution.