"The most painful and treacherous aspect of Africa's descent into tyranny and economic decline has been the willful and active collaboration by Africa's own intellectuals, many of whom are highly "educated" with Ph. D.s, and who should have known better. Yet a multitude of them sold off their conscience, integrity and principles to serve the dictates of barbarous regimes. As prostitutes, they partook of the plunder, misrule and repression of the African people. Some of their actions were brazen. In fact, according to Colonel. Yohanna A. Madaki (rtd), when General Gowon drew up plans to return Nigeria to civil rule in 1970, "academicians began to present well researched papers pointing to the fact that military rule was the better preferred since the civilians had not learned any lessons sufficient enough to be entrusted with the governance of the country" (Post Express, 12 November 1998, 5)."
- George Ayittey
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