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By Osuolale Alalade The struggle of the Goodluck Jonathan administration to entrench itself in power or engineer the takeover of an interim administration has a historical context. Notwithstanding the many paradoxes thrown up by the sad state of affairs, the dilemma that Nigerians face represent an encouraging turn of democratic advancement of the country. In 1993, the Nigeria Army, as the guarantor of northern hegemonic pretension with a very deceptive “maradona” General Ibrahim Babaginda at the helm of affairs, nullified what remain the fairest and most transparent democratic elections in the country. By this treasonable act, the northern dominated military brought the country close to the very edge of the precipice. Accordingly, 12 June, the anniversary of those elections, in the minds of the true progressive nationalists, has since remained the watershed for democratic entry into the Nigerian political firmament. The final outcome of June 12 saga was the emergen

(Dabo Euclid)              INTRODUCTION Going by the nature of thing [de rerum netura], man is born free and remain free and equal in right. Social distinction can only be funded upon the general virtue. They have certain nature right property, life and to liberty, and hence, the state only to recognize and secure such right and not to stratify them.                             THE DECLERATION OF THE RIGHTS OF THE CITIZEN The declaration passels by French National constitution assembles in and avails right. The declaration was directly influenced by Thomas Jeffers working with genera Lafayette, who introduced of influenced also by the doctrine of ‘’natural right’’ The right of man are holy to be universally Valid at all times and every place pertaining human nature himself. It becomes the basis for a nature of free individuals protected equally by low. It is included in the preamble of the constitutions of both fourth French republic [1946] and fifth republic [1958]