A banner without stain: Justice, accountability, development  

By Chidi Odinkalu This conference meets in a difficult moment for a country with a troubling balance sheet. On the credit side, civilian government under the guise of electoral legitimacy is now in its 26th year, the longest unbroken stretch in Nigeria’s history. It is a stretch long enough to inspire genuine questions from the people about the rewards it has offered to any demographic on a national scale in the country other than the politicians. Alive to the fact of their