id	sid	tid	token	lemma	pos
ape-1726	1	1	microsoft	microsoft	PROPN
ape-1726	1	2	word	word	PROPN
ape-1726	1	3	ape	ape	NOUN
ape-1726	1	4	-	-	PUNCT
ape-1726	1	5	v2n1	v2n1	NOUN
ape-1726	1	6	-	-	PUNCT
ape-1726	1	7	p1	p1	NOUN
ape-1726	1	8	advances	advance	NOUN
ape-1726	1	9	in	in	ADP
ape-1726	1	10	politics	politic	NOUN
ape-1726	1	11	and	and	CCONJ
ape-1726	1	12	economic	economic	PROPN
ape-1726	1	13	issn	issn	PROPN
ape-1726	1	14	2576	2576	NUM
ape-1726	1	15	-	-	SYM
ape-1726	1	16	1382	1382	NUM
ape-1726	1	17	(	(	PUNCT
ape-1726	1	18	print	print	NOUN
ape-1726	1	19	)	)	PUNCT
ape-1726	1	20	issn	issn	PROPN
ape-1726	1	21	2576	2576	NUM
ape-1726	1	22	-	-	SYM
ape-1726	1	23	1390	1390	NUM
ape-1726	1	24	(	(	PUNCT
ape-1726	1	25	online	online	ADJ
ape-1726	1	26	)	)	PUNCT
ape-1726	1	27	vol	vol	NOUN
ape-1726	1	28	.	.	PROPN
ape-1726	2	1	2	2	NUM
ape-1726	2	2	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	2	3	no	no	INTJ
ape-1726	2	4	.	.	NOUN
ape-1726	2	5	1	1	NUM
ape-1726	2	6	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	2	7	2019	2019	NUM
ape-1726	2	8	www.scholink.org/ojs/index.php/ape	www.scholink.org/ojs/index.php/ape	NOUN
ape-1726	2	9	1	1	NUM
ape-1726	2	10	original	original	ADJ
ape-1726	2	11	paper	paper	NOUN
ape-1726	2	12	traditional	traditional	ADJ
ape-1726	2	13	rulers	ruler	NOUN
ape-1726	2	14	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	2	15	electoral	electoral	ADJ
ape-1726	2	16	process	process	NOUN
ape-1726	2	17	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	2	18	and	and	CCONJ
ape-1726	2	19	nigeria	nigeria	PROPN
ape-1726	2	20	’s	’s	PART
ape-1726	2	21	fourth	fourth	PROPN
ape-1726	2	22	republic	republic	NOUN
ape-1726	2	23	:	:	PUNCT
ape-1726	2	24	exploring	explore	VERB
ape-1726	2	25	relevance	relevance	NOUN
ape-1726	2	26	godwin	godwin	PROPN
ape-1726	2	27	c.	c.	PROPN
ape-1726	2	28	ihemeje1	ihemeje1	PROPN
ape-1726	3	1	*	*	SYM
ape-1726	3	2	1	1	NUM
ape-1726	3	3	department	department	NOUN
ape-1726	3	4	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	3	5	history	history	NOUN
ape-1726	3	6	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	3	7	political	political	ADJ
ape-1726	3	8	science	science	NOUN
ape-1726	3	9	&	&	CCONJ
ape-1726	3	10	public	public	PROPN
ape-1726	3	11	administration	administration	PROPN
ape-1726	3	12	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	3	13	albany	albany	PROPN
ape-1726	3	14	state	state	PROPN
ape-1726	3	15	university	university	PROPN
ape-1726	3	16	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	3	17	albany	albany	PROPN
ape-1726	3	18	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	3	19	united	united	PROPN
ape-1726	3	20	states	states	PROPN
ape-1726	3	21	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	3	22	america	america	PROPN
ape-1726	3	23	*	*	PUNCT
ape-1726	3	24	godwin	godwin	PROPN
ape-1726	3	25	c.	c.	PROPN
ape-1726	3	26	ihemeje	ihemeje	PROPN
ape-1726	3	27	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	3	28	department	department	NOUN
ape-1726	3	29	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	3	30	history	history	NOUN
ape-1726	3	31	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	3	32	political	political	ADJ
ape-1726	3	33	science	science	NOUN
ape-1726	3	34	&	&	CCONJ
ape-1726	3	35	public	public	PROPN
ape-1726	3	36	administration	administration	PROPN
ape-1726	3	37	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	3	38	albany	albany	PROPN
ape-1726	3	39	state	state	PROPN
ape-1726	3	40	university	university	PROPN
ape-1726	3	41	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	3	42	albany	albany	PROPN
ape-1726	3	43	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	3	44	united	united	PROPN
ape-1726	3	45	states	states	PROPN
ape-1726	3	46	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	3	47	america	america	PROPN
ape-1726	3	48	received	receive	VERB
ape-1726	3	49	:	:	PUNCT
ape-1726	3	50	november	november	PROPN
ape-1726	3	51	22	22	NUM
ape-1726	3	52	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	3	53	2018	2018	NUM
ape-1726	3	54	accepted	accept	VERB
ape-1726	3	55	:	:	PUNCT
ape-1726	3	56	december	december	PROPN
ape-1726	3	57	3	3	NUM
ape-1726	3	58	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	3	59	2018	2018	NUM
ape-1726	3	60	online	online	ADV
ape-1726	3	61	published	publish	VERB
ape-1726	3	62	:	:	PUNCT
ape-1726	3	63	december	december	PROPN
ape-1726	3	64	5	5	NUM
ape-1726	3	65	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	3	66	2018	2018	NUM
ape-1726	3	67	doi:10.22158	doi:10.22158	NOUN
ape-1726	3	68	/	/	SYM
ape-1726	3	69	ape.v2n1p1	ape.v2n1p1	ADJ
ape-1726	3	70	url	url	NOUN
ape-1726	3	71	:	:	PUNCT
ape-1726	3	72	http://dx.doi.org/10.22158/ape.v2n1p1	http://dx.doi.org/10.22158/ape.v2n1p1	NOUN
ape-1726	3	73	abstract	abstract	VERB
ape-1726	3	74	this	this	DET
ape-1726	3	75	study	study	NOUN
ape-1726	3	76	examines	examine	VERB
ape-1726	3	77	the	the	DET
ape-1726	3	78	role	role	NOUN
ape-1726	3	79	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	3	80	traditional	traditional	ADJ
ape-1726	3	81	rulers	ruler	NOUN
ape-1726	3	82	in	in	ADP
ape-1726	3	83	the	the	DET
ape-1726	3	84	nigerian	nigerian	ADJ
ape-1726	3	85	electoral	electoral	ADJ
ape-1726	3	86	process	process	NOUN
ape-1726	3	87	with	with	ADP
ape-1726	3	88	a	a	DET
ape-1726	3	89	view	view	NOUN
ape-1726	3	90	to	to	ADP
ape-1726	3	91	revealing	reveal	VERB
ape-1726	3	92	perceptions	perception	NOUN
ape-1726	3	93	arising	arise	VERB
ape-1726	3	94	from	from	ADP
ape-1726	3	95	such	such	ADJ
ape-1726	3	96	engagement	engagement	NOUN
ape-1726	3	97	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	3	98	specifically	specifically	ADV
ape-1726	3	99	in	in	ADP
ape-1726	3	100	democratic	democratic	ADJ
ape-1726	3	101	transitional	transitional	ADJ
ape-1726	3	102	process	process	NOUN
ape-1726	3	103	.	.	PUNCT
ape-1726	4	1	the	the	DET
ape-1726	4	2	study	study	NOUN
ape-1726	4	3	also	also	ADV
ape-1726	4	4	explores	explore	VERB
ape-1726	4	5	opinions	opinion	NOUN
ape-1726	4	6	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	4	7	selected	select	VERB
ape-1726	4	8	traditional	traditional	ADJ
ape-1726	4	9	ruler	ruler	NOUN
ape-1726	4	10	ship	ship	NOUN
ape-1726	4	11	councils	council	NOUN
ape-1726	4	12	.	.	PUNCT
ape-1726	5	1	it	it	PRON
ape-1726	5	2	adopts	adopt	VERB
ape-1726	5	3	a	a	DET
ape-1726	5	4	structural	structural	ADJ
ape-1726	5	5	-	-	PUNCT
ape-1726	5	6	functionalism	functionalism	NOUN
ape-1726	5	7	approach	approach	NOUN
ape-1726	5	8	and	and	CCONJ
ape-1726	5	9	qualitative	qualitative	ADJ
ape-1726	5	10	method	method	NOUN
ape-1726	5	11	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	5	12	data	datum	NOUN
ape-1726	5	13	analysis	analysis	NOUN
ape-1726	5	14	.	.	PUNCT
ape-1726	6	1	thus	thus	ADV
ape-1726	6	2	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	6	3	the	the	DET
ape-1726	6	4	paper	paper	NOUN
ape-1726	6	5	argues	argue	VERB
ape-1726	6	6	that	that	SCONJ
ape-1726	6	7	there	there	PRON
ape-1726	6	8	are	be	VERB
ape-1726	6	9	various	various	ADJ
ape-1726	6	10	controversies	controversy	NOUN
ape-1726	6	11	surrounding	surround	VERB
ape-1726	6	12	the	the	DET
ape-1726	6	13	institution	institution	NOUN
ape-1726	6	14	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	6	15	the	the	DET
ape-1726	6	16	traditional	traditional	ADJ
ape-1726	6	17	rulers	ruler	NOUN
ape-1726	6	18	in	in	ADP
ape-1726	6	19	nigeria	nigeria	PROPN
ape-1726	6	20	showing	show	VERB
ape-1726	6	21	mix	mix	NOUN
ape-1726	6	22	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	6	23	conspiracy	conspiracy	NOUN
ape-1726	6	24	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	6	25	corruption	corruption	NOUN
ape-1726	6	26	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	6	27	dictatorship	dictatorship	NOUN
ape-1726	6	28	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	6	29	and	and	CCONJ
ape-1726	6	30	disrespect	disrespect	VERB
ape-1726	6	31	for	for	ADP
ape-1726	6	32	the	the	DET
ape-1726	6	33	rule	rule	NOUN
ape-1726	6	34	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	6	35	law	law	NOUN
ape-1726	6	36	with	with	ADP
ape-1726	6	37	incumbent	incumbent	ADJ
ape-1726	6	38	political	political	ADJ
ape-1726	6	39	leaders	leader	NOUN
ape-1726	6	40	;	;	PUNCT
ape-1726	6	41	which	which	PRON
ape-1726	6	42	suggests	suggest	VERB
ape-1726	6	43	that	that	SCONJ
ape-1726	6	44	such	such	ADJ
ape-1726	6	45	alignment	alignment	NOUN
ape-1726	6	46	indices	index	NOUN
ape-1726	6	47	by	by	ADP
ape-1726	6	48	some	some	DET
ape-1726	6	49	traditional	traditional	ADJ
ape-1726	6	50	rulers	ruler	NOUN
ape-1726	6	51	are	be	AUX
ape-1726	6	52	borrowed	borrow	VERB
ape-1726	6	53	from	from	ADP
ape-1726	6	54	modern	modern	ADJ
ape-1726	6	55	democratic	democratic	ADJ
ape-1726	6	56	leaders	leader	NOUN
ape-1726	6	57	.	.	PUNCT
ape-1726	7	1	thus	thus	ADV
ape-1726	7	2	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	7	3	study	study	NOUN
ape-1726	7	4	concludes	conclude	VERB
ape-1726	7	5	that	that	SCONJ
ape-1726	7	6	the	the	DET
ape-1726	7	7	continuous	continuous	ADJ
ape-1726	7	8	contributions	contribution	NOUN
ape-1726	7	9	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	7	10	the	the	DET
ape-1726	7	11	traditional	traditional	ADJ
ape-1726	7	12	rulers	ruler	NOUN
ape-1726	7	13	in	in	ADP
ape-1726	7	14	electoral	electoral	ADJ
ape-1726	7	15	process	process	NOUN
ape-1726	7	16	will	will	AUX
ape-1726	7	17	further	far	ADV
ape-1726	7	18	guarantee	guarantee	VERB
ape-1726	7	19	their	their	PRON
ape-1726	7	20	relevance	relevance	NOUN
ape-1726	7	21	in	in	ADP
ape-1726	7	22	modern	modern	ADJ
ape-1726	7	23	democratic	democratic	ADJ
ape-1726	7	24	governance	governance	NOUN
ape-1726	7	25	.	.	PUNCT
ape-1726	8	1	keywords	keyword	VERB
ape-1726	8	2	traditional	traditional	ADJ
ape-1726	8	3	ruler	ruler	NOUN
ape-1726	8	4	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	8	5	election	election	NOUN
ape-1726	8	6	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	8	7	electoral	electoral	ADJ
ape-1726	8	8	process	process	NOUN
ape-1726	8	9	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	8	10	democratic	democratic	ADJ
ape-1726	8	11	transition	transition	NOUN
ape-1726	8	12	1	1	NUM
ape-1726	8	13	.	.	PUNCT
ape-1726	9	1	introduction	introduction	NOUN
ape-1726	9	2	the	the	DET
ape-1726	9	3	traditional	traditional	ADJ
ape-1726	9	4	institutions	institution	NOUN
ape-1726	9	5	have	have	AUX
ape-1726	9	6	gone	go	VERB
ape-1726	9	7	through	through	ADP
ape-1726	9	8	good	good	ADJ
ape-1726	9	9	and	and	CCONJ
ape-1726	9	10	bad	bad	ADJ
ape-1726	9	11	times	time	NOUN
ape-1726	9	12	in	in	ADP
ape-1726	9	13	the	the	DET
ape-1726	9	14	country	country	NOUN
ape-1726	9	15	’s	’s	PART
ape-1726	9	16	political	political	ADJ
ape-1726	9	17	history	history	NOUN
ape-1726	9	18	right	right	ADV
ape-1726	9	19	from	from	ADP
ape-1726	9	20	the	the	DET
ape-1726	9	21	pre	pre	NOUN
ape-1726	9	22	-	-	NOUN
ape-1726	9	23	colonial	colonial	ADJ
ape-1726	9	24	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	9	25	through	through	ADP
ape-1726	9	26	the	the	DET
ape-1726	9	27	colonial	colonial	NOUN
ape-1726	9	28	and	and	CCONJ
ape-1726	9	29	even	even	ADV
ape-1726	9	30	up	up	ADV
ape-1726	9	31	till	till	SCONJ
ape-1726	9	32	the	the	DET
ape-1726	9	33	post	post	ADJ
ape-1726	9	34	-	-	ADJ
ape-1726	9	35	colonial	colonial	ADJ
ape-1726	9	36	periods	period	NOUN
ape-1726	9	37	;	;	PUNCT
ape-1726	9	38	and	and	CCONJ
ape-1726	9	39	have	have	AUX
ape-1726	9	40	not	not	PART
ape-1726	9	41	relented	relent	VERB
ape-1726	9	42	in	in	ADP
ape-1726	9	43	their	their	PRON
ape-1726	9	44	commitment	commitment	NOUN
ape-1726	9	45	to	to	ADP
ape-1726	9	46	the	the	DET
ape-1726	9	47	democratic	democratic	ADJ
ape-1726	9	48	process	process	NOUN
ape-1726	9	49	in	in	ADP
ape-1726	9	50	africa	africa	PROPN
ape-1726	9	51	generally	generally	ADV
ape-1726	9	52	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	9	53	and	and	CCONJ
ape-1726	9	54	nigeria	nigeria	PROPN
ape-1726	9	55	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	9	56	particularly	particularly	ADV
ape-1726	9	57	.	.	PUNCT
ape-1726	10	1	however	however	ADV
ape-1726	10	2	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	10	3	the	the	DET
ape-1726	10	4	relevance	relevance	NOUN
ape-1726	10	5	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	10	6	traditional	traditional	ADJ
ape-1726	10	7	ruler	ruler	NOUN
ape-1726	10	8	ship	ship	NOUN
ape-1726	10	9	institution	institution	NOUN
ape-1726	10	10	in	in	ADP
ape-1726	10	11	african	african	ADJ
ape-1726	10	12	contemporary	contemporary	ADJ
ape-1726	10	13	politics	politic	NOUN
ape-1726	10	14	has	have	AUX
ape-1726	10	15	generated	generate	VERB
ape-1726	10	16	rancorous	rancorous	ADJ
ape-1726	10	17	debates	debate	NOUN
ape-1726	10	18	(	(	PUNCT
ape-1726	10	19	tonwe	tonwe	NOUN
ape-1726	10	20	&	&	CCONJ
ape-1726	10	21	osemwota	osemwota	PROPN
ape-1726	10	22	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	10	23	2013	2013	NUM
ape-1726	10	24	;	;	PUNCT
ape-1726	10	25	agbese	agbese	NOUN
ape-1726	10	26	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	10	27	2004	2004	NUM
ape-1726	10	28	;	;	PUNCT
ape-1726	10	29	vaughan	vaughan	PROPN
ape-1726	10	30	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	10	31	1991	1991	NUM
ape-1726	10	32	)	)	PUNCT
ape-1726	10	33	.	.	PUNCT
ape-1726	11	1	traditional	traditional	ADJ
ape-1726	11	2	ruler	ruler	NOUN
ape-1726	11	3	ship	ship	NOUN
ape-1726	11	4	has	have	AUX
ape-1726	11	5	been	be	AUX
ape-1726	11	6	a	a	DET
ape-1726	11	7	primordial	primordial	ADJ
ape-1726	11	8	and	and	CCONJ
ape-1726	11	9	sacrosanct	sacrosanct	ADJ
ape-1726	11	10	institution	institution	NOUN
ape-1726	11	11	existing	exist	VERB
ape-1726	11	12	before	before	ADP
ape-1726	11	13	the	the	DET
ape-1726	11	14	advent	advent	NOUN
ape-1726	11	15	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	11	16	colonialism	colonialism	PROPN
ape-1726	11	17	in	in	ADP
ape-1726	11	18	africa	africa	PROPN
ape-1726	11	19	.	.	PUNCT
ape-1726	12	1	this	this	DET
ape-1726	12	2	indigenous	indigenous	ADJ
ape-1726	12	3	structure	structure	NOUN
ape-1726	12	4	appears	appear	VERB
ape-1726	12	5	in	in	ADP
ape-1726	12	6	different	different	ADJ
ape-1726	12	7	forms	form	NOUN
ape-1726	12	8	as	as	ADV
ape-1726	12	9	well	well	ADV
ape-1726	12	10	as	as	ADP
ape-1726	12	11	in	in	ADP
ape-1726	12	12	their	their	PRON
ape-1726	12	13	changing	change	VERB
ape-1726	12	14	roles	role	NOUN
ape-1726	12	15	from	from	ADP
ape-1726	12	16	www.scholink.org/ojs/index.php/ape	www.scholink.org/ojs/index.php/ape	NOUN
ape-1726	12	17	advances	advance	NOUN
ape-1726	12	18	in	in	ADP
ape-1726	12	19	politics	politic	NOUN
ape-1726	12	20	and	and	CCONJ
ape-1726	12	21	economic	economic	ADJ
ape-1726	12	22	vol	vol	NOUN
ape-1726	12	23	.	.	PROPN
ape-1726	13	1	2	2	NUM
ape-1726	13	2	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	13	3	no	no	INTJ
ape-1726	13	4	.	.	NOUN
ape-1726	13	5	1	1	NUM
ape-1726	13	6	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	13	7	2019	2019	NUM
ape-1726	13	8	2	2	NUM
ape-1726	13	9	published	publish	VERB
ape-1726	13	10	by	by	ADP
ape-1726	13	11	scholink	scholink	PROPN
ape-1726	13	12	inc	inc	PROPN
ape-1726	13	13	.	.	PROPN
ape-1726	13	14	pre	pre	PROPN
ape-1726	13	15	-	-	NOUN
ape-1726	13	16	colonization	colonization	NOUN
ape-1726	13	17	to	to	ADP
ape-1726	13	18	the	the	DET
ape-1726	13	19	present	present	ADJ
ape-1726	13	20	date	date	NOUN
ape-1726	13	21	in	in	ADP
ape-1726	13	22	africa	africa	PROPN
ape-1726	13	23	(	(	PUNCT
ape-1726	13	24	ihemeje	ihemeje	ADJ
ape-1726	13	25	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	13	26	2014	2014	NUM
ape-1726	13	27	;	;	PUNCT
ape-1726	13	28	tonwe	tonwe	PROPN
ape-1726	13	29	&	&	CCONJ
ape-1726	13	30	osemwota	osemwota	PROPN
ape-1726	13	31	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	13	32	2013	2013	NUM
ape-1726	13	33	)	)	PUNCT
ape-1726	13	34	.	.	PUNCT
ape-1726	14	1	traditional	traditional	ADJ
ape-1726	14	2	institutions	institution	NOUN
ape-1726	14	3	are	be	AUX
ape-1726	14	4	indispensable	indispensable	ADJ
ape-1726	14	5	for	for	ADP
ape-1726	14	6	political	political	ADJ
ape-1726	14	7	transformation	transformation	NOUN
ape-1726	14	8	in	in	ADP
ape-1726	14	9	africa	africa	PROPN
ape-1726	14	10	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	14	11	as	as	SCONJ
ape-1726	14	12	they	they	PRON
ape-1726	14	13	represent	represent	VERB
ape-1726	14	14	a	a	DET
ape-1726	14	15	major	major	ADJ
ape-1726	14	16	part	part	NOUN
ape-1726	14	17	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	14	18	the	the	DET
ape-1726	14	19	continent	continent	NOUN
ape-1726	14	20	’s	’s	PART
ape-1726	14	21	history	history	NOUN
ape-1726	14	22	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	14	23	culture	culture	NOUN
ape-1726	14	24	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	14	25	and	and	CCONJ
ape-1726	14	26	governance	governance	NOUN
ape-1726	14	27	systems	system	NOUN
ape-1726	14	28	.	.	PUNCT
ape-1726	15	1	this	this	DET
ape-1726	15	2	view	view	NOUN
ape-1726	15	3	attributes	attribute	VERB
ape-1726	15	4	the	the	DET
ape-1726	15	5	ineffectiveness	ineffectiveness	NOUN
ape-1726	15	6	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	15	7	the	the	DET
ape-1726	15	8	african	african	ADJ
ape-1726	15	9	state	state	NOUN
ape-1726	15	10	in	in	ADP
ape-1726	15	11	bringing	bring	VERB
ape-1726	15	12	about	about	ADP
ape-1726	15	13	sustained	sustained	ADJ
ape-1726	15	14	socio	socio	NOUN
ape-1726	15	15	-	-	PUNCT
ape-1726	15	16	economic	economic	ADJ
ape-1726	15	17	development	development	NOUN
ape-1726	15	18	due	due	ADP
ape-1726	15	19	to	to	ADP
ape-1726	15	20	its	its	PRON
ape-1726	15	21	neglect	neglect	NOUN
ape-1726	15	22	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	15	23	traditional	traditional	ADJ
ape-1726	15	24	institutions	institution	NOUN
ape-1726	15	25	and	and	CCONJ
ape-1726	15	26	its	its	PRON
ape-1726	15	27	failure	failure	NOUN
ape-1726	15	28	to	to	PART
ape-1726	15	29	restore	restore	VERB
ape-1726	15	30	africa	africa	PROPN
ape-1726	15	31	’s	’s	PART
ape-1726	15	32	own	own	ADJ
ape-1726	15	33	history	history	NOUN
ape-1726	15	34	(	(	PUNCT
ape-1726	15	35	basil	basil	NOUN
ape-1726	15	36	davidson	davidson	NOUN
ape-1726	15	37	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	15	38	1992	1992	NUM
ape-1726	15	39	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	15	40	cited	cite	VERB
ape-1726	15	41	in	in	ADP
ape-1726	15	42	economic	economic	ADJ
ape-1726	15	43	commission	commission	NOUN
ape-1726	15	44	for	for	ADP
ape-1726	15	45	africa	africa	PROPN
ape-1726	15	46	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	15	47	2004	2004	NUM
ape-1726	15	48	)	)	PUNCT
ape-1726	15	49	.	.	PUNCT
ape-1726	16	1	in	in	ADP
ape-1726	16	2	political	political	ADJ
ape-1726	16	3	reality	reality	NOUN
ape-1726	16	4	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	16	5	traditional	traditional	ADJ
ape-1726	16	6	rulers	ruler	NOUN
ape-1726	16	7	can	can	AUX
ape-1726	16	8	not	not	PART
ape-1726	16	9	be	be	AUX
ape-1726	16	10	deserted	desert	VERB
ape-1726	16	11	in	in	ADP
ape-1726	16	12	stabilizing	stabilize	VERB
ape-1726	16	13	democratic	democratic	ADJ
ape-1726	16	14	governance	governance	NOUN
ape-1726	16	15	in	in	ADP
ape-1726	16	16	nigeria	nigeria	PROPN
ape-1726	16	17	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	16	18	their	their	PRON
ape-1726	16	19	roles	role	NOUN
ape-1726	16	20	in	in	ADP
ape-1726	16	21	electoral	electoral	ADJ
ape-1726	16	22	sensitization	sensitization	NOUN
ape-1726	16	23	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	16	24	citizenship	citizenship	NOUN
ape-1726	16	25	education	education	NOUN
ape-1726	16	26	and	and	CCONJ
ape-1726	16	27	assurance	assurance	NOUN
ape-1726	16	28	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	16	29	security	security	NOUN
ape-1726	16	30	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	16	31	lives	life	NOUN
ape-1726	16	32	and	and	CCONJ
ape-1726	16	33	properties	property	NOUN
ape-1726	16	34	can	can	AUX
ape-1726	16	35	not	not	PART
ape-1726	16	36	be	be	AUX
ape-1726	16	37	misjudged	misjudge	VERB
ape-1726	16	38	.	.	PUNCT
ape-1726	17	1	conversely	conversely	ADV
ape-1726	17	2	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	17	3	the	the	DET
ape-1726	17	4	muddling	muddling	NOUN
ape-1726	17	5	up	up	ADP
ape-1726	17	6	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	17	7	traditional	traditional	ADJ
ape-1726	17	8	rulership	rulership	NOUN
ape-1726	17	9	with	with	ADP
ape-1726	17	10	modernity	modernity	NOUN
ape-1726	17	11	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	17	12	human	human	ADJ
ape-1726	17	13	rituality	rituality	NOUN
ape-1726	17	14	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	17	15	and	and	CCONJ
ape-1726	17	16	corruption	corruption	NOUN
ape-1726	17	17	has	have	AUX
ape-1726	17	18	hi	hi	VERB
ape-1726	17	19	-	-	VERB
ape-1726	17	20	cupped	cup	VERB
ape-1726	17	21	the	the	DET
ape-1726	17	22	structural	structural	ADJ
ape-1726	17	23	legality	legality	NOUN
ape-1726	17	24	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	17	25	this	this	DET
ape-1726	17	26	indigenous	indigenous	ADJ
ape-1726	17	27	institution	institution	NOUN
ape-1726	17	28	which	which	PRON
ape-1726	17	29	is	be	AUX
ape-1726	17	30	considered	consider	VERB
ape-1726	17	31	as	as	ADP
ape-1726	17	32	repulsive	repulsive	ADJ
ape-1726	17	33	to	to	ADP
ape-1726	17	34	global	global	ADJ
ape-1726	17	35	democratic	democratic	ADJ
ape-1726	17	36	political	political	ADJ
ape-1726	17	37	folklore	folklore	NOUN
ape-1726	17	38	.	.	PUNCT
ape-1726	18	1	surprisingly	surprisingly	ADV
ape-1726	18	2	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	18	3	traditional	traditional	ADJ
ape-1726	18	4	rulership	rulership	NOUN
ape-1726	18	5	institution	institution	NOUN
ape-1726	18	6	has	have	AUX
ape-1726	18	7	compromised	compromise	VERB
ape-1726	18	8	the	the	DET
ape-1726	18	9	tenet	tenet	NOUN
ape-1726	18	10	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	18	11	many	many	ADJ
ape-1726	18	12	african	african	ADJ
ape-1726	18	13	traditions	tradition	NOUN
ape-1726	18	14	where	where	SCONJ
ape-1726	18	15	selection	selection	NOUN
ape-1726	18	16	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	18	17	the	the	DET
ape-1726	18	18	consecrated	consecrated	ADJ
ape-1726	18	19	position	position	NOUN
ape-1726	18	20	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	18	21	traditional	traditional	ADJ
ape-1726	18	22	rulership	rulership	NOUN
ape-1726	18	23	becomes	become	VERB
ape-1726	18	24	a	a	DET
ape-1726	18	25	commercial	commercial	ADJ
ape-1726	18	26	vehicle	vehicle	NOUN
ape-1726	18	27	for	for	ADP
ape-1726	18	28	the	the	DET
ape-1726	18	29	highest	high	ADJ
ape-1726	18	30	bidders	bidder	NOUN
ape-1726	18	31	.	.	PUNCT
ape-1726	19	1	today	today	NOUN
ape-1726	19	2	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	19	3	this	this	DET
ape-1726	19	4	issue	issue	NOUN
ape-1726	19	5	has	have	AUX
ape-1726	19	6	generated	generate	VERB
ape-1726	19	7	vacillating	vacillate	VERB
ape-1726	19	8	arguments	argument	NOUN
ape-1726	19	9	among	among	ADP
ape-1726	19	10	the	the	DET
ape-1726	19	11	scholars	scholar	NOUN
ape-1726	19	12	about	about	ADP
ape-1726	19	13	the	the	DET
ape-1726	19	14	potentiality	potentiality	NOUN
ape-1726	19	15	and	and	CCONJ
ape-1726	19	16	structural	structural	ADJ
ape-1726	19	17	qualities	quality	NOUN
ape-1726	19	18	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	19	19	this	this	DET
ape-1726	19	20	indigenous	indigenous	ADJ
ape-1726	19	21	institution	institution	NOUN
ape-1726	19	22	toward	toward	ADP
ape-1726	19	23	sustainable	sustainable	ADJ
ape-1726	19	24	democracy	democracy	NOUN
ape-1726	19	25	in	in	ADP
ape-1726	19	26	nigeria	nigeria	PROPN
ape-1726	19	27	(	(	PUNCT
ape-1726	19	28	vanghan	vanghan	INTJ
ape-1726	19	29	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	19	30	1991	1991	NUM
ape-1726	19	31	;	;	PUNCT
ape-1726	19	32	agbese	agbese	NOUN
ape-1726	19	33	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	19	34	2004	2004	NUM
ape-1726	19	35	;	;	PUNCT
ape-1726	19	36	ofuafor	ofuafor	PROPN
ape-1726	19	37	&	&	CCONJ
ape-1726	19	38	amusa	amusa	PROPN
ape-1726	19	39	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	19	40	2012	2012	NUM
ape-1726	19	41	;	;	PUNCT
ape-1726	19	42	ihemeje	ihemeje	ADJ
ape-1726	19	43	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	19	44	2014	2014	NUM
ape-1726	19	45	)	)	PUNCT
ape-1726	19	46	.	.	PUNCT
ape-1726	20	1	it	it	PRON
ape-1726	20	2	was	be	AUX
ape-1726	20	3	not	not	PART
ape-1726	20	4	until	until	SCONJ
ape-1726	20	5	the	the	DET
ape-1726	20	6	british	british	ADJ
ape-1726	20	7	colonial	colonial	ADJ
ape-1726	20	8	officials	official	NOUN
ape-1726	20	9	began	begin	VERB
ape-1726	20	10	to	to	PART
ape-1726	20	11	realize	realize	VERB
ape-1726	20	12	that	that	SCONJ
ape-1726	20	13	colonial	colonial	ADJ
ape-1726	20	14	success	success	NOUN
ape-1726	20	15	depended	depend	VERB
ape-1726	20	16	greatly	greatly	ADV
ape-1726	20	17	on	on	ADP
ape-1726	20	18	the	the	DET
ape-1726	20	19	recognition	recognition	NOUN
ape-1726	20	20	and	and	CCONJ
ape-1726	20	21	involvement	involvement	NOUN
ape-1726	20	22	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	20	23	the	the	DET
ape-1726	20	24	traditional	traditional	ADJ
ape-1726	20	25	rulers	ruler	NOUN
ape-1726	20	26	that	that	SCONJ
ape-1726	20	27	they	they	PRON
ape-1726	20	28	began	begin	VERB
ape-1726	20	29	to	to	PART
ape-1726	20	30	patronize	patronize	VERB
ape-1726	20	31	and	and	CCONJ
ape-1726	20	32	incorporate	incorporate	VERB
ape-1726	20	33	them	they	PRON
ape-1726	20	34	into	into	ADP
ape-1726	20	35	the	the	DET
ape-1726	20	36	indirect	indirect	ADJ
ape-1726	20	37	rule	rule	NOUN
ape-1726	20	38	system	system	NOUN
ape-1726	20	39	.	.	PUNCT
ape-1726	21	1	this	this	DET
ape-1726	21	2	realization	realization	NOUN
ape-1726	21	3	was	be	AUX
ape-1726	21	4	not	not	PART
ape-1726	21	5	unconnected	unconnected	ADJ
ape-1726	21	6	with	with	ADP
ape-1726	21	7	the	the	DET
ape-1726	21	8	fact	fact	NOUN
ape-1726	21	9	that	that	SCONJ
ape-1726	21	10	the	the	DET
ape-1726	21	11	europeans	europeans	PROPN
ape-1726	21	12	discovered	discover	VERB
ape-1726	21	13	that	that	SCONJ
ape-1726	21	14	nigerians	nigerian	NOUN
ape-1726	21	15	were	be	AUX
ape-1726	21	16	so	so	ADV
ape-1726	21	17	bound	bind	VERB
ape-1726	21	18	with	with	ADP
ape-1726	21	19	their	their	PRON
ape-1726	21	20	traditions	tradition	NOUN
ape-1726	21	21	and	and	CCONJ
ape-1726	21	22	traditional	traditional	ADJ
ape-1726	21	23	rulers	ruler	NOUN
ape-1726	21	24	to	to	ADP
ape-1726	21	25	the	the	DET
ape-1726	21	26	extent	extent	NOUN
ape-1726	21	27	that	that	SCONJ
ape-1726	21	28	whatever	whatever	PRON
ape-1726	21	29	they	they	PRON
ape-1726	21	30	ordered	order	VERB
ape-1726	21	31	was	be	AUX
ape-1726	21	32	what	what	PRON
ape-1726	21	33	the	the	DET
ape-1726	21	34	people	people	NOUN
ape-1726	21	35	would	would	AUX
ape-1726	21	36	do	do	VERB
ape-1726	21	37	or	or	CCONJ
ape-1726	21	38	not	not	PART
ape-1726	21	39	do	do	VERB
ape-1726	21	40	as	as	SCONJ
ape-1726	21	41	the	the	DET
ape-1726	21	42	case	case	NOUN
ape-1726	21	43	may	may	AUX
ape-1726	21	44	be	be	AUX
ape-1726	21	45	.	.	PUNCT
ape-1726	22	1	this	this	PRON
ape-1726	22	2	was	be	AUX
ape-1726	22	3	the	the	DET
ape-1726	22	4	origin	origin	NOUN
ape-1726	22	5	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	22	6	the	the	DET
ape-1726	22	7	involvement	involvement	NOUN
ape-1726	22	8	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	22	9	the	the	DET
ape-1726	22	10	involvement	involvement	NOUN
ape-1726	22	11	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	22	12	traditional	traditional	ADJ
ape-1726	22	13	rulers	ruler	NOUN
ape-1726	22	14	in	in	ADP
ape-1726	22	15	colonial	colonial	ADJ
ape-1726	22	16	government	government	NOUN
ape-1726	22	17	which	which	PRON
ape-1726	22	18	has	have	AUX
ape-1726	22	19	received	receive	VERB
ape-1726	22	20	great	great	ADJ
ape-1726	22	21	criticisms	criticism	NOUN
ape-1726	22	22	from	from	ADP
ape-1726	22	23	scholars	scholar	NOUN
ape-1726	22	24	as	as	ADP
ape-1726	22	25	“	"	PUNCT
ape-1726	22	26	criminality	criminality	NOUN
ape-1726	22	27	”	"	PUNCT
ape-1726	22	28	(	(	PUNCT
ape-1726	22	29	emordi	emordi	PROPN
ape-1726	22	30	&	&	CCONJ
ape-1726	22	31	osiki	osiki	PROPN
ape-1726	22	32	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	22	33	2008	2008	NUM
ape-1726	22	34	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	22	35	cited	cite	VERB
ape-1726	22	36	in	in	ADP
ape-1726	22	37	amusa	amusa	PROPN
ape-1726	22	38	&	&	CCONJ
ape-1726	22	39	ofuafor	ofuafor	PROPN
ape-1726	22	40	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	22	41	2012	2012	NUM
ape-1726	22	42	)	)	PUNCT
ape-1726	22	43	.	.	PUNCT
ape-1726	23	1	contemporarily	contemporarily	ADV
ape-1726	23	2	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	23	3	traditional	traditional	ADJ
ape-1726	23	4	rulers	ruler	NOUN
ape-1726	23	5	have	have	VERB
ape-1726	23	6	a	a	DET
ape-1726	23	7	great	great	ADJ
ape-1726	23	8	influence	influence	NOUN
ape-1726	23	9	in	in	ADP
ape-1726	23	10	election	election	NOUN
ape-1726	23	11	and	and	CCONJ
ape-1726	23	12	electioneering	electioneering	NOUN
ape-1726	23	13	processes	process	NOUN
ape-1726	23	14	in	in	ADP
ape-1726	23	15	nigerian	nigerian	ADJ
ape-1726	23	16	democratic	democratic	ADJ
ape-1726	23	17	politics	politic	NOUN
ape-1726	23	18	.	.	PUNCT
ape-1726	24	1	the	the	DET
ape-1726	24	2	recent	recent	ADJ
ape-1726	24	3	observations	observation	NOUN
ape-1726	24	4	justify	justify	VERB
ape-1726	24	5	their	their	PRON
ape-1726	24	6	significant	significant	ADJ
ape-1726	24	7	role	role	NOUN
ape-1726	24	8	in	in	ADP
ape-1726	24	9	electoral	electoral	ADJ
ape-1726	24	10	engagement	engagement	NOUN
ape-1726	24	11	.	.	PUNCT
ape-1726	25	1	this	this	PRON
ape-1726	25	2	usually	usually	ADV
ape-1726	25	3	comes	come	VERB
ape-1726	25	4	inform	inform	NOUN
ape-1726	25	5	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	25	6	paying	pay	VERB
ape-1726	25	7	homage	homage	NOUN
ape-1726	25	8	/	/	SYM
ape-1726	25	9	visiting	visit	VERB
ape-1726	25	10	the	the	DET
ape-1726	25	11	traditional	traditional	ADJ
ape-1726	25	12	rulers	ruler	NOUN
ape-1726	25	13	during	during	ADP
ape-1726	25	14	election	election	NOUN
ape-1726	25	15	campaign	campaign	NOUN
ape-1726	25	16	by	by	ADP
ape-1726	25	17	the	the	DET
ape-1726	25	18	various	various	ADJ
ape-1726	25	19	political	political	ADJ
ape-1726	25	20	contestants	contestant	NOUN
ape-1726	25	21	;	;	PUNCT
ape-1726	25	22	therefore	therefore	ADV
ape-1726	25	23	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	25	24	their	their	PRON
ape-1726	25	25	roles	role	NOUN
ape-1726	25	26	in	in	ADP
ape-1726	25	27	the	the	DET
ape-1726	25	28	functional	functional	ADJ
ape-1726	25	29	electoral	electoral	ADJ
ape-1726	25	30	processes	process	NOUN
ape-1726	25	31	become	become	VERB
ape-1726	25	32	a	a	DET
ape-1726	25	33	remarkable	remarkable	ADJ
ape-1726	25	34	theme	theme	NOUN
ape-1726	25	35	in	in	ADP
ape-1726	25	36	nigerian	nigerian	ADJ
ape-1726	25	37	body	body	NOUN
ape-1726	25	38	politics	politic	NOUN
ape-1726	25	39	.	.	PUNCT
ape-1726	26	1	a	a	DET
ape-1726	26	2	very	very	ADV
ape-1726	26	3	good	good	ADJ
ape-1726	26	4	example	example	NOUN
ape-1726	26	5	is	be	AUX
ape-1726	26	6	traceable	traceable	ADJ
ape-1726	26	7	to	to	ADP
ape-1726	26	8	the	the	DET
ape-1726	26	9	visit	visit	NOUN
ape-1726	26	10	made	make	VERB
ape-1726	26	11	by	by	ADP
ape-1726	26	12	the	the	DET
ape-1726	26	13	presidents	president	NOUN
ape-1726	26	14	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	26	15	federal	federal	PROPN
ape-1726	26	16	republic	republic	PROPN
ape-1726	26	17	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	26	18	nigeria	nigeria	PROPN
ape-1726	26	19	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	26	20	goodluck	goodluck	NOUN
ape-1726	26	21	jonathan	jonathan	PROPN
ape-1726	26	22	and	and	CCONJ
ape-1726	26	23	muhammadubuhari	muhammadubuhari	PROPN
ape-1726	26	24	to	to	ADP
ape-1726	26	25	palaces	palace	NOUN
ape-1726	26	26	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	26	27	all	all	DET
ape-1726	26	28	first	first	ADJ
ape-1726	26	29	class	class	NOUN
ape-1726	26	30	traditional	traditional	ADJ
ape-1726	26	31	rulers	ruler	NOUN
ape-1726	26	32	in	in	ADP
ape-1726	26	33	nigeria	nigeria	PROPN
ape-1726	26	34	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	26	35	including	include	VERB
ape-1726	26	36	alaafin	alaafin	NOUN
ape-1726	26	37	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	26	38	oyo	oyo	NOUN
ape-1726	26	39	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	26	40	ooni	ooni	ADV
ape-1726	26	41	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	26	42	ife	ife	PROPN
ape-1726	26	43	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	26	44	olubadan	olubadan	PROPN
ape-1726	26	45	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	26	46	ibadan	ibadan	PROPN
ape-1726	26	47	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	26	48	oba	oba	PROPN
ape-1726	26	49	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	26	50	lagos	lagos	PROPN
ape-1726	26	51	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	26	52	emir	emir	PROPN
ape-1726	26	53	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	26	54	kano	kano	PROPN
ape-1726	26	55	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	26	56	obi	obi	PROPN
ape-1726	26	57	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	26	58	onisha	onisha	ADJ
ape-1726	26	59	just	just	ADV
ape-1726	26	60	to	to	PART
ape-1726	26	61	mention	mention	VERB
ape-1726	26	62	a	a	DET
ape-1726	26	63	few	few	ADJ
ape-1726	26	64	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	26	65	signaling	signal	VERB
ape-1726	26	66	the	the	DET
ape-1726	26	67	mammoth	mammoth	ADJ
ape-1726	26	68	recognition	recognition	NOUN
ape-1726	26	69	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	26	70	traditional	traditional	ADJ
ape-1726	26	71	rulers	ruler	NOUN
ape-1726	26	72	in	in	ADP
ape-1726	26	73	the	the	DET
ape-1726	26	74	optimum	optimum	ADJ
ape-1726	26	75	realization	realization	NOUN
ape-1726	26	76	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	26	77	2011	2011	NUM
ape-1726	26	78	and	and	CCONJ
ape-1726	26	79	2015	2015	NUM
ape-1726	26	80	general	general	ADJ
ape-1726	26	81	elections	election	NOUN
ape-1726	26	82	respectively	respectively	ADV
ape-1726	26	83	in	in	ADP
ape-1726	26	84	nigeria	nigeria	PROPN
ape-1726	26	85	.	.	PUNCT
ape-1726	27	1	it	it	PRON
ape-1726	27	2	is	be	AUX
ape-1726	27	3	believed	believe	VERB
ape-1726	27	4	that	that	SCONJ
ape-1726	27	5	traditional	traditional	ADJ
ape-1726	27	6	rulers	ruler	NOUN
ape-1726	27	7	are	be	AUX
ape-1726	27	8	capable	capable	ADJ
ape-1726	27	9	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	27	10	mobilizing	mobilizing	NOUN
ape-1726	27	11	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	27	12	coordinating	coordinating	NOUN
ape-1726	27	13	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	27	14	and	and	CCONJ
ape-1726	27	15	swaying	sway	VERB
ape-1726	27	16	the	the	DET
ape-1726	27	17	choice	choice	NOUN
ape-1726	27	18	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	27	19	the	the	DET
ape-1726	27	20	citizens	citizen	NOUN
ape-1726	27	21	during	during	ADP
ape-1726	27	22	the	the	DET
ape-1726	27	23	election	election	NOUN
ape-1726	27	24	.	.	PUNCT
ape-1726	28	1	there	there	PRON
ape-1726	28	2	are	be	VERB
ape-1726	28	3	more	more	ADJ
ape-1726	28	4	“	"	PUNCT
ape-1726	28	5	traditional	traditional	ADJ
ape-1726	28	6	”	"	PUNCT
ape-1726	28	7	rulers	ruler	NOUN
ape-1726	28	8	today	today	NOUN
ape-1726	28	9	than	than	ADP
ape-1726	28	10	at	at	ADP
ape-1726	28	11	independence	independence	NOUN
ape-1726	28	12	in	in	ADP
ape-1726	28	13	1960	1960	NUM
ape-1726	28	14	.	.	PUNCT
ape-1726	29	1	politicians	politician	NOUN
ape-1726	29	2	try	try	VERB
ape-1726	29	3	to	to	PART
ape-1726	29	4	win	win	VERB
ape-1726	29	5	votes	vote	NOUN
ape-1726	29	6	by	by	ADP
ape-1726	29	7	promising	promise	VERB
ape-1726	29	8	to	to	PART
ape-1726	29	9	upgrade	upgrade	VERB
ape-1726	29	10	chieftaincies	chieftaincy	NOUN
ape-1726	29	11	or	or	CCONJ
ape-1726	29	12	create	create	VERB
ape-1726	29	13	new	new	ADJ
ape-1726	29	14	ones	one	NOUN
ape-1726	29	15	.	.	PUNCT
ape-1726	30	1	clearly	clearly	ADV
ape-1726	30	2	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	30	3	such	such	ADJ
ape-1726	30	4	rulers	ruler	NOUN
ape-1726	30	5	continue	continue	VERB
ape-1726	30	6	to	to	PART
ape-1726	30	7	strike	strike	VERB
ape-1726	30	8	a	a	DET
ape-1726	30	9	chord	chord	NOUN
ape-1726	30	10	in	in	ADP
ape-1726	30	11	www.scholink.org/ojs/index.php/ape	www.scholink.org/ojs/index.php/ape	NOUN
ape-1726	30	12	advances	advance	NOUN
ape-1726	30	13	in	in	ADP
ape-1726	30	14	politics	politic	NOUN
ape-1726	30	15	and	and	CCONJ
ape-1726	30	16	economic	economic	ADJ
ape-1726	30	17	vol	vol	NOUN
ape-1726	30	18	.	.	PROPN
ape-1726	31	1	2	2	NUM
ape-1726	31	2	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	31	3	no	no	INTJ
ape-1726	31	4	.	.	NOUN
ape-1726	31	5	1	1	NUM
ape-1726	31	6	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	31	7	2019	2019	NUM
ape-1726	31	8	3	3	NUM
ape-1726	31	9	published	publish	VERB
ape-1726	31	10	by	by	ADP
ape-1726	31	11	scholink	scholink	PROPN
ape-1726	31	12	inc	inc	PROPN
ape-1726	31	13	.	.	PUNCT
ape-1726	32	1	the	the	DET
ape-1726	32	2	twenty	twenty	NUM
ape-1726	32	3	-	-	PUNCT
ape-1726	32	4	first	first	ADJ
ape-1726	32	5	century	century	NOUN
ape-1726	32	6	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	32	7	when	when	SCONJ
ape-1726	32	8	power	power	NOUN
ape-1726	32	9	is	be	AUX
ape-1726	32	10	diffused	diffused	ADJ
ape-1726	32	11	and	and	CCONJ
ape-1726	32	12	chaotic	chaotic	ADJ
ape-1726	32	13	.	.	PUNCT
ape-1726	33	1	one	one	NUM
ape-1726	33	2	reason	reason	NOUN
ape-1726	33	3	for	for	ADP
ape-1726	33	4	this	this	PRON
ape-1726	33	5	is	be	AUX
ape-1726	33	6	that	that	SCONJ
ape-1726	33	7	traditional	traditional	ADJ
ape-1726	33	8	rulers	ruler	NOUN
ape-1726	33	9	are	be	AUX
ape-1726	33	10	often	often	ADV
ape-1726	33	11	more	more	ADV
ape-1726	33	12	trusted	trust	VERB
ape-1726	33	13	than	than	ADP
ape-1726	33	14	local	local	ADJ
ape-1726	33	15	and	and	CCONJ
ape-1726	33	16	state	state	NOUN
ape-1726	33	17	government	government	NOUN
ape-1726	33	18	officials	official	NOUN
ape-1726	33	19	during	during	ADP
ape-1726	33	20	post	post	ADJ
ape-1726	33	21	-	-	ADJ
ape-1726	33	22	conflict	conflict	ADJ
ape-1726	33	23	situations	situation	NOUN
ape-1726	33	24	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	33	25	which	which	PRON
ape-1726	33	26	are	be	AUX
ape-1726	33	27	becoming	become	VERB
ape-1726	33	28	extremely	extremely	ADV
ape-1726	33	29	common	common	ADJ
ape-1726	33	30	(	(	PUNCT
ape-1726	33	31	blench	blench	PROPN
ape-1726	33	32	et	et	PROPN
ape-1726	33	33	al	al	PROPN
ape-1726	33	34	.	.	PROPN
ape-1726	33	35	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	33	36	2006	2006	NUM
ape-1726	33	37	;	;	PUNCT
ape-1726	33	38	ochonu	ochonu	NOUN
ape-1726	33	39	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	33	40	2010	2010	NUM
ape-1726	33	41	;	;	PUNCT
ape-1726	33	42	daily	daily	ADJ
ape-1726	33	43	independent	independent	ADJ
ape-1726	33	44	newspaper	newspaper	NOUN
ape-1726	33	45	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	33	46	2014	2014	NUM
ape-1726	33	47	)	)	PUNCT
ape-1726	33	48	.	.	PUNCT
ape-1726	34	1	where	where	SCONJ
ape-1726	34	2	true	true	ADJ
ape-1726	34	3	traditional	traditional	ADJ
ape-1726	34	4	chieftaincy	chieftaincy	NOUN
ape-1726	34	5	institutions	institution	NOUN
ape-1726	34	6	exist	exist	VERB
ape-1726	34	7	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	34	8	government	government	NOUN
ape-1726	34	9	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	34	10	those	those	DET
ape-1726	34	11	countries	country	NOUN
ape-1726	34	12	have	have	AUX
ape-1726	34	13	willingly	willingly	ADV
ape-1726	34	14	or	or	CCONJ
ape-1726	34	15	reluctantly	reluctantly	ADV
ape-1726	34	16	accepted	accept	VERB
ape-1726	34	17	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	34	18	knowingly	knowingly	ADV
ape-1726	34	19	or	or	CCONJ
ape-1726	34	20	unknowingly	unknowingly	ADV
ape-1726	34	21	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	34	22	that	that	SCONJ
ape-1726	34	23	the	the	DET
ape-1726	34	24	surest	sure	ADJ
ape-1726	34	25	way	way	NOUN
ape-1726	34	26	to	to	PART
ape-1726	34	27	win	win	VERB
ape-1726	34	28	the	the	DET
ape-1726	34	29	hearts	heart	NOUN
ape-1726	34	30	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	34	31	the	the	DET
ape-1726	34	32	people	people	NOUN
ape-1726	34	33	on	on	ADP
ape-1726	34	34	major	major	ADJ
ape-1726	34	35	issues	issue	NOUN
ape-1726	34	36	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	34	37	the	the	DET
ape-1726	34	38	day	day	NOUN
ape-1726	34	39	has	have	AUX
ape-1726	34	40	been	be	AUX
ape-1726	34	41	through	through	ADP
ape-1726	34	42	the	the	DET
ape-1726	34	43	traditional	traditional	ADJ
ape-1726	34	44	rulers	ruler	NOUN
ape-1726	34	45	(	(	PUNCT
ape-1726	34	46	sunday	sunday	PROPN
ape-1726	34	47	trust	trust	PROPN
ape-1726	34	48	newspaper	newspaper	NOUN
ape-1726	34	49	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	34	50	2011	2011	NUM
ape-1726	34	51	)	)	PUNCT
ape-1726	34	52	.	.	PUNCT
ape-1726	35	1	the	the	DET
ape-1726	35	2	institution	institution	NOUN
ape-1726	35	3	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	35	4	traditional	traditional	ADJ
ape-1726	35	5	rulers	ruler	NOUN
ape-1726	35	6	is	be	AUX
ape-1726	35	7	an	an	DET
ape-1726	35	8	enduring	enduring	ADJ
ape-1726	35	9	part	part	NOUN
ape-1726	35	10	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	35	11	our	our	PRON
ape-1726	35	12	heritage	heritage	NOUN
ape-1726	35	13	.	.	PUNCT
ape-1726	36	1	it	it	PRON
ape-1726	36	2	plays	play	VERB
ape-1726	36	3	a	a	DET
ape-1726	36	4	critical	critical	ADJ
ape-1726	36	5	role	role	NOUN
ape-1726	36	6	as	as	ADP
ape-1726	36	7	the	the	DET
ape-1726	36	8	custodian	custodian	NOUN
ape-1726	36	9	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	36	10	culture	culture	NOUN
ape-1726	36	11	and	and	CCONJ
ape-1726	36	12	traditions	tradition	NOUN
ape-1726	36	13	.	.	PUNCT
ape-1726	37	1	expectedly	expectedly	ADV
ape-1726	37	2	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	37	3	our	our	PRON
ape-1726	37	4	traditional	traditional	ADJ
ape-1726	37	5	rulers	ruler	NOUN
ape-1726	37	6	are	be	AUX
ape-1726	37	7	closely	closely	ADV
ape-1726	37	8	linked	link	VERB
ape-1726	37	9	with	with	ADP
ape-1726	37	10	the	the	DET
ape-1726	37	11	grassroots	grassroot	NOUN
ape-1726	37	12	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	37	13	and	and	CCONJ
ape-1726	37	14	so	so	ADV
ape-1726	37	15	understand	understand	VERB
ape-1726	37	16	the	the	DET
ape-1726	37	17	problems	problem	NOUN
ape-1726	37	18	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	37	19	our	our	PRON
ape-1726	37	20	people	people	NOUN
ape-1726	37	21	intimately	intimately	ADV
ape-1726	37	22	.	.	PUNCT
ape-1726	38	1	in	in	ADP
ape-1726	38	2	our	our	PRON
ape-1726	38	3	search	search	NOUN
ape-1726	38	4	for	for	ADP
ape-1726	38	5	peace	peace	NOUN
ape-1726	38	6	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	38	7	order	order	NOUN
ape-1726	38	8	and	and	CCONJ
ape-1726	38	9	stability	stability	NOUN
ape-1726	38	10	in	in	ADP
ape-1726	38	11	our	our	PRON
ape-1726	38	12	society	society	NOUN
ape-1726	38	13	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	38	14	the	the	DET
ape-1726	38	15	institution	institution	NOUN
ape-1726	38	16	could	could	AUX
ape-1726	38	17	be	be	AUX
ape-1726	38	18	a	a	DET
ape-1726	38	19	veritable	veritable	ADJ
ape-1726	38	20	instrument	instrument	NOUN
ape-1726	38	21	.	.	PUNCT
ape-1726	39	1	it	it	PRON
ape-1726	39	2	is	be	AUX
ape-1726	39	3	in	in	ADP
ape-1726	39	4	the	the	DET
ape-1726	39	5	overall	overall	ADJ
ape-1726	39	6	interest	interest	NOUN
ape-1726	39	7	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	39	8	our	our	PRON
ape-1726	39	9	people	people	NOUN
ape-1726	39	10	that	that	SCONJ
ape-1726	39	11	this	this	DET
ape-1726	39	12	institution	institution	NOUN
ape-1726	39	13	in	in	ADP
ape-1726	39	14	our	our	PRON
ape-1726	39	15	national	national	ADJ
ape-1726	39	16	life	life	NOUN
ape-1726	39	17	be	be	AUX
ape-1726	39	18	acknowledged	acknowledge	VERB
ape-1726	39	19	and	and	CCONJ
ape-1726	39	20	that	that	SCONJ
ape-1726	39	21	clear	clear	ADJ
ape-1726	39	22	provisions	provision	NOUN
ape-1726	39	23	are	be	AUX
ape-1726	39	24	made	make	VERB
ape-1726	39	25	(	(	PUNCT
ape-1726	39	26	in	in	ADP
ape-1726	39	27	the	the	DET
ape-1726	39	28	constitution	constitution	NOUN
ape-1726	39	29	)	)	PUNCT
ape-1726	39	30	for	for	ADP
ape-1726	39	31	its	its	PRON
ape-1726	39	32	effective	effective	ADJ
ape-1726	39	33	functioning	function	VERB
ape-1726	39	34	(	(	PUNCT
ape-1726	39	35	agbese	agbese	NOUN
ape-1726	39	36	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	39	37	2004	2004	NUM
ape-1726	39	38	;	;	PUNCT
ape-1726	39	39	ihemeje	ihemeje	ADJ
ape-1726	39	40	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	39	41	2014	2014	NUM
ape-1726	39	42	;	;	PUNCT
ape-1726	39	43	the	the	DET
ape-1726	39	44	pointer	pointer	NOUN
ape-1726	39	45	newspaper	newspaper	NOUN
ape-1726	39	46	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	39	47	2014	2014	NUM
ape-1726	39	48	)	)	PUNCT
ape-1726	39	49	.	.	PUNCT
ape-1726	40	1	the	the	DET
ape-1726	40	2	traditional	traditional	ADJ
ape-1726	40	3	institutions	institution	NOUN
ape-1726	40	4	in	in	ADP
ape-1726	40	5	nigeria	nigeria	PROPN
ape-1726	40	6	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	40	7	particularly	particularly	ADV
ape-1726	40	8	the	the	DET
ape-1726	40	9	traditional	traditional	ADJ
ape-1726	40	10	rulership	rulership	NOUN
ape-1726	40	11	has	have	AUX
ape-1726	40	12	remained	remain	VERB
ape-1726	40	13	a	a	DET
ape-1726	40	14	strong	strong	ADJ
ape-1726	40	15	political	political	ADJ
ape-1726	40	16	force	force	NOUN
ape-1726	40	17	to	to	PART
ape-1726	40	18	reckon	reckon	VERB
ape-1726	40	19	with	with	ADP
ape-1726	40	20	in	in	ADP
ape-1726	40	21	the	the	DET
ape-1726	40	22	contemporary	contemporary	ADJ
ape-1726	40	23	nigerian	nigerian	ADJ
ape-1726	40	24	politics	politic	NOUN
ape-1726	40	25	in	in	ADP
ape-1726	40	26	spite	spite	NOUN
ape-1726	40	27	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	40	28	their	their	PRON
ape-1726	40	29	official	official	ADJ
ape-1726	40	30	and	and	CCONJ
ape-1726	40	31	constitutional	constitutional	ADJ
ape-1726	40	32	relegation	relegation	NOUN
ape-1726	40	33	to	to	ADP
ape-1726	40	34	the	the	DET
ape-1726	40	35	background	background	NOUN
ape-1726	40	36	.	.	PUNCT
ape-1726	41	1	this	this	PRON
ape-1726	41	2	has	have	AUX
ape-1726	41	3	been	be	AUX
ape-1726	41	4	made	make	VERB
ape-1726	41	5	possible	possible	ADJ
ape-1726	41	6	by	by	ADP
ape-1726	41	7	the	the	DET
ape-1726	41	8	magnitude	magnitude	NOUN
ape-1726	41	9	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	41	10	the	the	DET
ape-1726	41	11	power	power	NOUN
ape-1726	41	12	and	and	CCONJ
ape-1726	41	13	resilience	resilience	NOUN
ape-1726	41	14	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	41	15	african	african	ADJ
ape-1726	41	16	traditions	tradition	NOUN
ape-1726	41	17	and	and	CCONJ
ape-1726	41	18	spiritualties	spiritualty	NOUN
ape-1726	41	19	which	which	PRON
ape-1726	41	20	have	have	AUX
ape-1726	41	21	continued	continue	VERB
ape-1726	41	22	to	to	PART
ape-1726	41	23	have	have	VERB
ape-1726	41	24	great	great	ADJ
ape-1726	41	25	influence	influence	NOUN
ape-1726	41	26	in	in	ADP
ape-1726	41	27	the	the	DET
ape-1726	41	28	lives	life	NOUN
ape-1726	41	29	and	and	CCONJ
ape-1726	41	30	activities	activity	NOUN
ape-1726	41	31	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	41	32	the	the	DET
ape-1726	41	33	africans	africans	PROPN
ape-1726	41	34	(	(	PUNCT
ape-1726	41	35	amusa	amusa	PROPN
ape-1726	41	36	&	&	CCONJ
ape-1726	41	37	ofuafor	ofuafor	PROPN
ape-1726	41	38	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	41	39	2012	2012	NUM
ape-1726	41	40	)	)	PUNCT
ape-1726	41	41	.	.	PUNCT
ape-1726	42	1	therefore	therefore	ADV
ape-1726	42	2	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	42	3	this	this	DET
ape-1726	42	4	study	study	NOUN
ape-1726	42	5	is	be	AUX
ape-1726	42	6	driven	drive	VERB
ape-1726	42	7	by	by	ADP
ape-1726	42	8	the	the	DET
ape-1726	42	9	need	need	NOUN
ape-1726	42	10	to	to	PART
ape-1726	42	11	elucidate	elucidate	VERB
ape-1726	42	12	the	the	DET
ape-1726	42	13	relevance	relevance	NOUN
ape-1726	42	14	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	42	15	the	the	DET
ape-1726	42	16	traditional	traditional	ADJ
ape-1726	42	17	rulers	ruler	NOUN
ape-1726	42	18	’	'	PUNCT
ape-1726	42	19	involvement	involvement	NOUN
ape-1726	42	20	in	in	ADP
ape-1726	42	21	democratic	democratic	ADJ
ape-1726	42	22	elections	election	NOUN
ape-1726	42	23	and	and	CCONJ
ape-1726	42	24	transition	transition	NOUN
ape-1726	42	25	process	process	NOUN
ape-1726	42	26	in	in	ADP
ape-1726	42	27	deepening	deepen	VERB
ape-1726	42	28	democratic	democratic	ADJ
ape-1726	42	29	governance	governance	NOUN
ape-1726	42	30	through	through	ADP
ape-1726	42	31	the	the	DET
ape-1726	42	32	lens	lens	NOUN
ape-1726	42	33	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	42	34	qualitative	qualitative	ADJ
ape-1726	42	35	analysis	analysis	NOUN
ape-1726	42	36	.	.	PUNCT
ape-1726	43	1	the	the	DET
ape-1726	43	2	study	study	NOUN
ape-1726	43	3	seeks	seek	VERB
ape-1726	43	4	to	to	PART
ape-1726	43	5	establish	establish	VERB
ape-1726	43	6	the	the	DET
ape-1726	43	7	roles	role	NOUN
ape-1726	43	8	and	and	CCONJ
ape-1726	43	9	contributions	contribution	NOUN
ape-1726	43	10	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	43	11	the	the	DET
ape-1726	43	12	traditional	traditional	ADJ
ape-1726	43	13	rulers	ruler	NOUN
ape-1726	43	14	in	in	ADP
ape-1726	43	15	the	the	DET
ape-1726	43	16	electoral	electoral	ADJ
ape-1726	43	17	process	process	NOUN
ape-1726	43	18	that	that	PRON
ape-1726	43	19	ascertains	ascertain	VERB
ape-1726	43	20	their	their	PRON
ape-1726	43	21	continuous	continuous	ADJ
ape-1726	43	22	existence	existence	NOUN
ape-1726	43	23	and	and	CCONJ
ape-1726	43	24	relationship	relationship	NOUN
ape-1726	43	25	with	with	ADP
ape-1726	43	26	modern	modern	ADJ
ape-1726	43	27	governance	governance	NOUN
ape-1726	43	28	within	within	ADP
ape-1726	43	29	the	the	DET
ape-1726	43	30	purview	purview	NOUN
ape-1726	43	31	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	43	32	nigerian	nigerian	ADJ
ape-1726	43	33	political	political	ADJ
ape-1726	43	34	culture	culture	NOUN
ape-1726	43	35	.	.	PUNCT
ape-1726	44	1	the	the	DET
ape-1726	44	2	paper	paper	NOUN
ape-1726	44	3	is	be	AUX
ape-1726	44	4	divided	divide	VERB
ape-1726	44	5	into	into	ADP
ape-1726	44	6	four	four	NUM
ape-1726	44	7	parts	part	NOUN
ape-1726	44	8	with	with	ADP
ape-1726	44	9	the	the	DET
ape-1726	44	10	first	first	ADJ
ape-1726	44	11	part	part	NOUN
ape-1726	44	12	introducing	introduce	VERB
ape-1726	44	13	the	the	DET
ape-1726	44	14	thrust	thrust	NOUN
ape-1726	44	15	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	44	16	the	the	DET
ape-1726	44	17	paper	paper	NOUN
ape-1726	44	18	.	.	PUNCT
ape-1726	45	1	2	2	X
ape-1726	45	2	.	.	X
ape-1726	45	3	method	method	NOUN
ape-1726	45	4	this	this	DET
ape-1726	45	5	article	article	NOUN
ape-1726	45	6	is	be	AUX
ape-1726	45	7	both	both	CCONJ
ape-1726	45	8	explorative	explorative	ADJ
ape-1726	45	9	and	and	CCONJ
ape-1726	45	10	contextual	contextual	ADJ
ape-1726	45	11	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	45	12	that	that	PRON
ape-1726	45	13	is	be	AUX
ape-1726	45	14	qualitative	qualitative	VERB
ape-1726	45	15	in	in	ADP
ape-1726	45	16	nature	nature	NOUN
ape-1726	45	17	.	.	PUNCT
ape-1726	46	1	in	in	ADP
ape-1726	46	2	its	its	PRON
ape-1726	46	3	presentation	presentation	NOUN
ape-1726	46	4	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	46	5	it	it	PRON
ape-1726	46	6	attempts	attempt	VERB
ape-1726	46	7	to	to	PART
ape-1726	46	8	demystify	demystify	VERB
ape-1726	46	9	the	the	DET
ape-1726	46	10	discourse	discourse	NOUN
ape-1726	46	11	with	with	ADP
ape-1726	46	12	relevant	relevant	ADJ
ape-1726	46	13	theoretical	theoretical	ADJ
ape-1726	46	14	framework	framework	NOUN
ape-1726	46	15	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	46	16	result	result	NOUN
ape-1726	46	17	/	/	SYM
ape-1726	46	18	findings	finding	NOUN
ape-1726	46	19	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	46	20	discussion	discussion	NOUN
ape-1726	46	21	and	and	CCONJ
ape-1726	46	22	conclusions	conclusion	NOUN
ape-1726	46	23	that	that	PRON
ape-1726	46	24	are	be	AUX
ape-1726	46	25	largely	largely	ADV
ape-1726	46	26	derived	derive	VERB
ape-1726	46	27	from	from	ADP
ape-1726	46	28	extant	extant	ADJ
ape-1726	46	29	literature	literature	NOUN
ape-1726	46	30	and	and	CCONJ
ape-1726	46	31	field	field	NOUN
ape-1726	46	32	survey	survey	NOUN
ape-1726	46	33	on	on	ADP
ape-1726	46	34	the	the	DET
ape-1726	46	35	subject	subject	NOUN
ape-1726	46	36	matter	matter	NOUN
ape-1726	46	37	.	.	PUNCT
ape-1726	47	1	2.1	2.1	NUM
ape-1726	47	2	traditional	traditional	ADJ
ape-1726	47	3	ruler	ruler	NOUN
ape-1726	47	4	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	47	5	traditional	traditional	ADJ
ape-1726	47	6	institution	institution	NOUN
ape-1726	47	7	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	47	8	election	election	NOUN
ape-1726	47	9	and	and	CCONJ
ape-1726	47	10	electoral	electoral	ADJ
ape-1726	47	11	process	process	NOUN
ape-1726	47	12	this	this	DET
ape-1726	47	13	section	section	NOUN
ape-1726	47	14	deals	deal	VERB
ape-1726	47	15	with	with	ADP
ape-1726	47	16	the	the	DET
ape-1726	47	17	discourses	discourse	NOUN
ape-1726	47	18	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	47	19	concepts	concept	NOUN
ape-1726	47	20	as	as	ADP
ape-1726	47	21	the	the	DET
ape-1726	47	22	foundation	foundation	NOUN
ape-1726	47	23	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	47	24	its	its	PRON
ape-1726	47	25	analysis	analysis	NOUN
ape-1726	47	26	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	47	27	review	review	NOUN
ape-1726	47	28	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	47	29	literatureand	literatureand	NOUN
ape-1726	47	30	juxtaposition	juxtaposition	NOUN
ape-1726	47	31	with	with	ADP
ape-1726	47	32	a	a	DET
ape-1726	47	33	theoretical	theoretical	ADJ
ape-1726	47	34	approach	approach	NOUN
ape-1726	47	35	(	(	PUNCT
ape-1726	47	36	akindele	akindele	PROPN
ape-1726	47	37	et	et	PROPN
ape-1726	47	38	al	al	PROPN
ape-1726	47	39	.	.	PROPN
ape-1726	47	40	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	47	41	2012	2012	NUM
ape-1726	47	42	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	47	43	p.	p.	NOUN
ape-1726	47	44	175	175	NUM
ape-1726	47	45	;	;	PUNCT
ape-1726	47	46	finnemore	finnemore	NOUN
ape-1726	47	47	&	&	CCONJ
ape-1726	47	48	sikkink	sikkink	PROPN
ape-1726	47	49	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	47	50	1998	1998	NUM
ape-1726	47	51	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	47	52	p.	p.	NOUN
ape-1726	47	53	891	891	NUM
ape-1726	47	54	)	)	PUNCT
ape-1726	47	55	.	.	PUNCT
ape-1726	48	1	despite	despite	SCONJ
ape-1726	48	2	the	the	DET
ape-1726	48	3	egregious	egregious	ADJ
ape-1726	48	4	misconception	misconception	NOUN
ape-1726	48	5	about	about	ADP
ape-1726	48	6	traditional	traditional	ADJ
ape-1726	48	7	rulership	rulership	NOUN
ape-1726	48	8	institution	institution	NOUN
ape-1726	48	9	which	which	PRON
ape-1726	48	10	has	have	AUX
ape-1726	48	11	created	create	VERB
ape-1726	48	12	a	a	DET
ape-1726	48	13	great	great	ADJ
ape-1726	48	14	vacuum	vacuum	NOUN
ape-1726	48	15	in	in	ADP
ape-1726	48	16	defining	define	VERB
ape-1726	48	17	what	what	PRON
ape-1726	48	18	traditional	traditional	ADJ
ape-1726	48	19	rulership	rulership	NOUN
ape-1726	48	20	institution	institution	NOUN
ape-1726	48	21	should	should	AUX
ape-1726	48	22	presage	presage	VERB
ape-1726	48	23	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	48	24	many	many	ADJ
ape-1726	48	25	scholars	scholar	NOUN
ape-1726	48	26	have	have	AUX
ape-1726	48	27	been	be	AUX
ape-1726	48	28	unable	unable	ADJ
ape-1726	48	29	to	to	PART
ape-1726	48	30	bifurcate	bifurcate	VERB
ape-1726	48	31	diversity	diversity	NOUN
ape-1726	48	32	inherent	inherent	ADJ
ape-1726	48	33	from	from	ADP
ape-1726	48	34	traditional	traditional	ADJ
ape-1726	48	35	institutional	institutional	ADJ
ape-1726	48	36	structure	structure	NOUN
ape-1726	48	37	as	as	ADP
ape-1726	48	38	a	a	DET
ape-1726	48	39	multi	multi	ADJ
ape-1726	48	40	-	-	ADJ
ape-1726	48	41	faceted	faceted	ADJ
ape-1726	48	42	concept	concept	NOUN
ape-1726	48	43	.	.	PUNCT
ape-1726	49	1	www.scholink.org/ojs/index.php/ape	www.scholink.org/ojs/index.php/ape	NOUN
ape-1726	49	2	advances	advance	NOUN
ape-1726	49	3	in	in	ADP
ape-1726	49	4	politics	politic	NOUN
ape-1726	49	5	and	and	CCONJ
ape-1726	49	6	economic	economic	ADJ
ape-1726	49	7	vol	vol	NOUN
ape-1726	49	8	.	.	PROPN
ape-1726	50	1	2	2	NUM
ape-1726	50	2	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	50	3	no	no	INTJ
ape-1726	50	4	.	.	NOUN
ape-1726	50	5	1	1	NUM
ape-1726	50	6	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	50	7	2019	2019	NUM
ape-1726	50	8	4	4	NUM
ape-1726	50	9	published	publish	VERB
ape-1726	50	10	by	by	ADP
ape-1726	50	11	scholink	scholink	PROPN
ape-1726	50	12	inc	inc	PROPN
ape-1726	50	13	.	.	PROPN
ape-1726	50	14	however	however	ADV
ape-1726	50	15	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	50	16	traditional	traditional	ADJ
ape-1726	50	17	institution	institution	NOUN
ape-1726	50	18	is	be	AUX
ape-1726	50	19	all	all	PRON
ape-1726	50	20	encompassing	encompass	VERB
ape-1726	50	21	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	50	22	it	it	PRON
ape-1726	50	23	constitutes	constitute	VERB
ape-1726	50	24	various	various	ADJ
ape-1726	50	25	indigenous	indigenous	ADJ
ape-1726	50	26	institutions	institution	NOUN
ape-1726	50	27	which	which	PRON
ape-1726	50	28	may	may	AUX
ape-1726	50	29	include	include	VERB
ape-1726	50	30	traditional	traditional	ADJ
ape-1726	50	31	festival	festival	NOUN
ape-1726	50	32	;	;	PUNCT
ape-1726	50	33	the	the	DET
ape-1726	50	34	kingship	kingship	NOUN
ape-1726	50	35	institution	institution	NOUN
ape-1726	50	36	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	50	37	sacerdotal	sacerdotal	ADJ
ape-1726	50	38	society	society	NOUN
ape-1726	50	39	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	50	40	age	age	NOUN
ape-1726	50	41	-	-	PUNCT
ape-1726	50	42	grade	grade	NOUN
ape-1726	50	43	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	50	44	demi	demi	NOUN
ape-1726	50	45	-	-	PUNCT
ape-1726	50	46	gods	god	NOUN
ape-1726	50	47	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	50	48	indigenous	indigenous	ADJ
ape-1726	50	49	financial	financial	ADJ
ape-1726	50	50	institution	institution	NOUN
ape-1726	50	51	(	(	PUNCT
ape-1726	50	52	esusu	esusu	PROPN
ape-1726	50	53	)	)	PUNCT
ape-1726	50	54	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	50	55	etc	etc	X
ape-1726	50	56	.	.	X
ape-1726	50	57	therefore	therefore	ADV
ape-1726	50	58	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	50	59	for	for	ADP
ape-1726	50	60	the	the	DET
ape-1726	50	61	purpose	purpose	NOUN
ape-1726	50	62	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	50	63	this	this	DET
ape-1726	50	64	work	work	NOUN
ape-1726	50	65	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	50	66	traditional	traditional	ADJ
ape-1726	50	67	ruler	ruler	NOUN
ape-1726	50	68	as	as	ADP
ape-1726	50	69	a	a	DET
ape-1726	50	70	component	component	NOUN
ape-1726	50	71	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	50	72	traditional	traditional	ADJ
ape-1726	50	73	institution	institution	NOUN
ape-1726	50	74	assigned	assign	VERB
ape-1726	50	75	with	with	ADP
ape-1726	50	76	certain	certain	ADJ
ape-1726	50	77	responsibilities	responsibility	NOUN
ape-1726	50	78	is	be	AUX
ape-1726	50	79	defined	define	VERB
ape-1726	50	80	within	within	ADP
ape-1726	50	81	the	the	DET
ape-1726	50	82	context	context	NOUN
ape-1726	50	83	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	50	84	african	african	ADJ
ape-1726	50	85	political	political	ADJ
ape-1726	50	86	system	system	NOUN
ape-1726	50	87	.	.	PUNCT
ape-1726	51	1	traditional	traditional	ADJ
ape-1726	51	2	authorities	authority	NOUN
ape-1726	51	3	are	be	AUX
ape-1726	51	4	the	the	DET
ape-1726	51	5	leaders	leader	NOUN
ape-1726	51	6	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	51	7	traditional	traditional	ADJ
ape-1726	51	8	communities	community	NOUN
ape-1726	51	9	.	.	PUNCT
ape-1726	52	1	the	the	DET
ape-1726	52	2	word	word	NOUN
ape-1726	52	3	“	"	PUNCT
ape-1726	52	4	traditional	traditional	ADJ
ape-1726	52	5	”	"	PUNCT
ape-1726	52	6	refers	refer	VERB
ape-1726	52	7	to	to	ADP
ape-1726	52	8	historic	historic	ADJ
ape-1726	52	9	roots	root	NOUN
ape-1726	52	10	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	52	11	leadership	leadership	NOUN
ape-1726	52	12	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	52	13	which	which	PRON
ape-1726	52	14	legitimizes	legitimize	VERB
ape-1726	52	15	the	the	DET
ape-1726	52	16	execution	execution	NOUN
ape-1726	52	17	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	52	18	power	power	NOUN
ape-1726	52	19	.	.	PUNCT
ape-1726	53	1	there	there	PRON
ape-1726	53	2	are	be	VERB
ape-1726	53	3	many	many	ADJ
ape-1726	53	4	existing	exist	VERB
ape-1726	53	5	forms	form	NOUN
ape-1726	53	6	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	53	7	traditional	traditional	ADJ
ape-1726	53	8	leadership	leadership	NOUN
ape-1726	53	9	.	.	PUNCT
ape-1726	54	1	in	in	ADP
ape-1726	54	2	europe	europe	PROPN
ape-1726	54	3	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	54	4	the	the	DET
ape-1726	54	5	rule	rule	NOUN
ape-1726	54	6	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	54	7	kings	king	NOUN
ape-1726	54	8	and	and	CCONJ
ape-1726	54	9	nobles	noble	NOUN
ape-1726	54	10	was	be	AUX
ape-1726	54	11	the	the	DET
ape-1726	54	12	dominant	dominant	ADJ
ape-1726	54	13	governing	governing	NOUN
ape-1726	54	14	force	force	NOUN
ape-1726	54	15	for	for	ADP
ape-1726	54	16	a	a	DET
ape-1726	54	17	long	long	ADJ
ape-1726	54	18	time	time	NOUN
ape-1726	54	19	until	until	SCONJ
ape-1726	54	20	it	it	PRON
ape-1726	54	21	was	be	AUX
ape-1726	54	22	gradually	gradually	ADV
ape-1726	54	23	replaced	replace	VERB
ape-1726	54	24	by	by	ADP
ape-1726	54	25	democratic	democratic	ADJ
ape-1726	54	26	structures	structure	NOUN
ape-1726	54	27	.	.	PUNCT
ape-1726	55	1	in	in	ADP
ape-1726	55	2	africa	africa	PROPN
ape-1726	55	3	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	55	4	asia	asia	PROPN
ape-1726	55	5	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	55	6	and	and	CCONJ
ape-1726	55	7	latin	latin	PROPN
ape-1726	55	8	america	america	PROPN
ape-1726	55	9	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	55	10	traditional	traditional	ADJ
ape-1726	55	11	authorities	authority	NOUN
ape-1726	55	12	are	be	AUX
ape-1726	55	13	mostly	mostly	ADV
ape-1726	55	14	referred	refer	VERB
ape-1726	55	15	to	to	ADP
ape-1726	55	16	as	as	ADP
ape-1726	55	17	chiefs	chief	NOUN
ape-1726	55	18	and	and	CCONJ
ape-1726	55	19	elders	elder	NOUN
ape-1726	55	20	(	(	PUNCT
ape-1726	55	21	lutz	lutz	PROPN
ape-1726	55	22	&	&	CCONJ
ape-1726	55	23	linder	linder	PROPN
ape-1726	55	24	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	55	25	2004	2004	NUM
ape-1726	55	26	)	)	PUNCT
ape-1726	55	27	.	.	PUNCT
ape-1726	56	1	the	the	DET
ape-1726	56	2	national	national	ADJ
ape-1726	56	3	conference	conference	NOUN
ape-1726	56	4	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	56	5	traditional	traditional	ADJ
ape-1726	56	6	rulers	ruler	NOUN
ape-1726	56	7	defines	define	VERB
ape-1726	56	8	a	a	DET
ape-1726	56	9	traditional	traditional	ADJ
ape-1726	56	10	ruler	ruler	NOUN
ape-1726	56	11	as	as	ADP
ape-1726	56	12	the	the	DET
ape-1726	56	13	person	person	NOUN
ape-1726	56	14	who	who	PRON
ape-1726	56	15	by	by	ADP
ape-1726	56	16	virtue	virtue	NOUN
ape-1726	56	17	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	56	18	his	his	PRON
ape-1726	56	19	ancestry	ancestry	NOUN
ape-1726	56	20	occupies	occupy	VERB
ape-1726	56	21	the	the	DET
ape-1726	56	22	throne	throne	NOUN
ape-1726	56	23	or	or	CCONJ
ape-1726	56	24	stool	stool	NOUN
ape-1726	56	25	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	56	26	an	an	DET
ape-1726	56	27	area	area	NOUN
ape-1726	56	28	and	and	CCONJ
ape-1726	56	29	who	who	PRON
ape-1726	56	30	has	have	AUX
ape-1726	56	31	been	be	AUX
ape-1726	56	32	appointed	appoint	VERB
ape-1726	56	33	to	to	ADP
ape-1726	56	34	it	it	PRON
ape-1726	56	35	in	in	ADP
ape-1726	56	36	accordance	accordance	NOUN
ape-1726	56	37	with	with	ADP
ape-1726	56	38	the	the	DET
ape-1726	56	39	customs	custom	NOUN
ape-1726	56	40	and	and	CCONJ
ape-1726	56	41	traditions	tradition	NOUN
ape-1726	56	42	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	56	43	the	the	DET
ape-1726	56	44	area	area	NOUN
ape-1726	56	45	and	and	CCONJ
ape-1726	56	46	whose	whose	DET
ape-1726	56	47	throne	throne	NOUN
ape-1726	56	48	has	have	AUX
ape-1726	56	49	been	be	AUX
ape-1726	56	50	in	in	ADP
ape-1726	56	51	existence	existence	NOUN
ape-1726	56	52	before	before	ADP
ape-1726	56	53	the	the	DET
ape-1726	56	54	advent	advent	NOUN
ape-1726	56	55	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	56	56	the	the	DET
ape-1726	56	57	british	british	PROPN
ape-1726	56	58	in	in	ADP
ape-1726	56	59	nigeria	nigeria	PROPN
ape-1726	56	60	.	.	PUNCT
ape-1726	57	1	the	the	DET
ape-1726	57	2	area	area	NOUN
ape-1726	57	3	over	over	ADP
ape-1726	57	4	which	which	PRON
ape-1726	57	5	he	he	PRON
ape-1726	57	6	and	and	CCONJ
ape-1726	57	7	his	his	PRON
ape-1726	57	8	forefathers	forefather	NOUN
ape-1726	57	9	have	have	AUX
ape-1726	57	10	ruled	rule	VERB
ape-1726	57	11	or	or	CCONJ
ape-1726	57	12	reigned	reign	VERB
ape-1726	57	13	must	must	AUX
ape-1726	57	14	have	have	AUX
ape-1726	57	15	at	at	ADV
ape-1726	57	16	least	least	ADV
ape-1726	57	17	been	be	AUX
ape-1726	57	18	created	create	VERB
ape-1726	57	19	by	by	ADP
ape-1726	57	20	a	a	DET
ape-1726	57	21	native	native	ADJ
ape-1726	57	22	authority	authority	NOUN
ape-1726	57	23	in	in	ADP
ape-1726	57	24	1910	1910	NUM
ape-1726	57	25	or	or	CCONJ
ape-1726	57	26	the	the	DET
ape-1726	57	27	date	date	NOUN
ape-1726	57	28	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	57	29	the	the	DET
ape-1726	57	30	introduction	introduction	NOUN
ape-1726	57	31	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	57	32	the	the	DET
ape-1726	57	33	native	native	ADJ
ape-1726	57	34	authority	authority	NOUN
ape-1726	57	35	to	to	ADP
ape-1726	57	36	the	the	DET
ape-1726	57	37	area	area	NOUN
ape-1726	57	38	concerned	concern	VERB
ape-1726	57	39	.	.	PUNCT
ape-1726	58	1	in	in	ADP
ape-1726	58	2	the	the	DET
ape-1726	58	3	case	case	NOUN
ape-1726	58	4	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	58	5	the	the	DET
ape-1726	58	6	former	former	ADJ
ape-1726	58	7	eastern	eastern	ADJ
ape-1726	58	8	region	region	NOUN
ape-1726	58	9	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	58	10	nigeria	nigeria	PROPN
ape-1726	58	11	for	for	ADP
ape-1726	58	12	example	example	NOUN
ape-1726	58	13	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	58	14	traditional	traditional	ADJ
ape-1726	58	15	stools	stool	NOUN
ape-1726	58	16	are	be	AUX
ape-1726	58	17	established	establish	VERB
ape-1726	58	18	according	accord	VERB
ape-1726	58	19	to	to	ADP
ape-1726	58	20	the	the	DET
ape-1726	58	21	customs	custom	NOUN
ape-1726	58	22	and	and	CCONJ
ape-1726	58	23	traditions	tradition	NOUN
ape-1726	58	24	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	58	25	the	the	DET
ape-1726	58	26	people	people	NOUN
ape-1726	58	27	and	and	CCONJ
ape-1726	58	28	recognized	recognize	VERB
ape-1726	58	29	by	by	ADP
ape-1726	58	30	the	the	DET
ape-1726	58	31	governments	government	NOUN
ape-1726	58	32	in	in	ADP
ape-1726	58	33	those	those	DET
ape-1726	58	34	areas	area	NOUN
ape-1726	58	35	and	and	CCONJ
ape-1726	58	36	occupied	occupy	VERB
ape-1726	58	37	date	date	NOUN
ape-1726	58	38	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	58	39	this	this	DET
ape-1726	58	40	resolution	resolution	NOUN
ape-1726	58	41	will	will	AUX
ape-1726	58	42	not	not	PART
ape-1726	58	43	by	by	ADP
ape-1726	58	44	virtue	virtue	NOUN
ape-1726	58	45	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	58	46	this	this	DET
ape-1726	58	47	definitions	definition	NOUN
ape-1726	58	48	be	be	AUX
ape-1726	58	49	disqualified	disqualify	VERB
ape-1726	58	50	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	58	51	provided	provide	VERB
ape-1726	58	52	also	also	ADV
ape-1726	58	53	that	that	SCONJ
ape-1726	58	54	in	in	ADP
ape-1726	58	55	respect	respect	NOUN
ape-1726	58	56	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	58	57	other	other	ADJ
ape-1726	58	58	parts	part	NOUN
ape-1726	58	59	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	58	60	the	the	DET
ape-1726	58	61	federation	federation	PROPN
ape-1726	58	62	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	58	63	nigeria	nigeria	PROPN
ape-1726	58	64	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	58	65	traditional	traditional	ADJ
ape-1726	58	66	stools	stool	NOUN
ape-1726	58	67	similarly	similarly	ADV
ape-1726	58	68	established	establish	VERB
ape-1726	58	69	prior	prior	ADV
ape-1726	58	70	to	to	ADP
ape-1726	58	71	the	the	DET
ape-1726	58	72	1st	1st	NOUN
ape-1726	58	73	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	58	74	october	october	PROPN
ape-1726	58	75	1979	1979	NUM
ape-1726	58	76	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	58	77	will	will	AUX
ape-1726	58	78	not	not	PART
ape-1726	58	79	by	by	ADP
ape-1726	58	80	virtue	virtue	NOUN
ape-1726	58	81	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	58	82	this	this	DET
ape-1726	58	83	definition	definition	NOUN
ape-1726	58	84	be	be	AUX
ape-1726	58	85	disqualified	disqualify	VERB
ape-1726	58	86	(	(	PUNCT
ape-1726	58	87	agbese	agbese	NOUN
ape-1726	58	88	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	58	89	2004	2004	NUM
ape-1726	58	90	)	)	PUNCT
ape-1726	58	91	.	.	PUNCT
ape-1726	59	1	a	a	DET
ape-1726	59	2	“	"	PUNCT
ape-1726	59	3	traditional	traditional	ADJ
ape-1726	59	4	ruler	ruler	NOUN
ape-1726	59	5	”	"	PUNCT
ape-1726	59	6	may	may	AUX
ape-1726	59	7	be	be	AUX
ape-1726	59	8	defined	define	VERB
ape-1726	59	9	as	as	ADP
ape-1726	59	10	the	the	DET
ape-1726	59	11	traditional	traditional	ADJ
ape-1726	59	12	head	head	NOUN
ape-1726	59	13	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	59	14	an	an	DET
ape-1726	59	15	ethnic	ethnic	ADJ
ape-1726	59	16	group	group	NOUN
ape-1726	59	17	or	or	CCONJ
ape-1726	59	18	clan	clan	NOUN
ape-1726	59	19	who	who	PRON
ape-1726	59	20	is	be	AUX
ape-1726	59	21	the	the	DET
ape-1726	59	22	holderof	holderof	NOUN
ape-1726	59	23	the	the	DET
ape-1726	59	24	highest	high	ADJ
ape-1726	59	25	primary	primary	ADJ
ape-1726	59	26	executive	executive	NOUN
ape-1726	59	27	authority	authority	NOUN
ape-1726	59	28	in	in	ADP
ape-1726	59	29	an	an	DET
ape-1726	59	30	indigenous	indigenous	ADJ
ape-1726	59	31	polity	polity	NOUN
ape-1726	59	32	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	59	33	or	or	CCONJ
ape-1726	59	34	who	who	PRON
ape-1726	59	35	has	have	AUX
ape-1726	59	36	been	be	AUX
ape-1726	59	37	appointed	appoint	VERB
ape-1726	59	38	to	to	ADP
ape-1726	59	39	such	such	ADJ
ape-1726	59	40	position	position	NOUN
ape-1726	59	41	in	in	ADP
ape-1726	59	42	accordance	accordance	NOUN
ape-1726	59	43	with	with	ADP
ape-1726	59	44	the	the	DET
ape-1726	59	45	customs	custom	NOUN
ape-1726	59	46	and	and	CCONJ
ape-1726	59	47	tradition	tradition	NOUN
ape-1726	59	48	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	59	49	the	the	DET
ape-1726	59	50	area	area	NOUN
ape-1726	59	51	concerned	concern	VERB
ape-1726	59	52	by	by	ADP
ape-1726	59	53	instrument	instrument	NOUN
ape-1726	59	54	or	or	CCONJ
ape-1726	59	55	order	order	NOUN
ape-1726	59	56	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	59	57	the	the	DET
ape-1726	59	58	state	state	NOUN
ape-1726	59	59	government	government	NOUN
ape-1726	59	60	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	59	61	and	and	CCONJ
ape-1726	59	62	whose	whose	DET
ape-1726	59	63	title	title	NOUN
ape-1726	59	64	is	be	AUX
ape-1726	59	65	recognized	recognize	VERB
ape-1726	59	66	as	as	ADP
ape-1726	59	67	a	a	DET
ape-1726	59	68	traditional	traditional	ADJ
ape-1726	59	69	ruler	ruler	NOUN
ape-1726	59	70	title	title	NOUN
ape-1726	59	71	holder	holder	NOUN
ape-1726	59	72	by	by	ADP
ape-1726	59	73	the	the	DET
ape-1726	59	74	government	government	NOUN
ape-1726	59	75	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	59	76	the	the	DET
ape-1726	59	77	state	state	NOUN
ape-1726	59	78	(	(	PUNCT
ape-1726	59	79	ola	ola	PROPN
ape-1726	59	80	&	&	CCONJ
ape-1726	59	81	tonwe	tonwe	PROPN
ape-1726	59	82	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	59	83	2009	2009	NUM
ape-1726	59	84	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	59	85	p.	p.	NOUN
ape-1726	59	86	174	174	NUM
ape-1726	59	87	;	;	PUNCT
ape-1726	59	88	tonwe	tonwe	PROPN
ape-1726	59	89	&	&	CCONJ
ape-1726	59	90	osemwota	osemwota	PROPN
ape-1726	59	91	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	59	92	2013	2013	NUM
ape-1726	59	93	)	)	PUNCT
ape-1726	59	94	.	.	PUNCT
ape-1726	60	1	traditional	traditional	ADJ
ape-1726	60	2	ruler	ruler	NOUN
ape-1726	60	3	refers	refer	VERB
ape-1726	60	4	to	to	ADP
ape-1726	60	5	a	a	DET
ape-1726	60	6	person	person	NOUN
ape-1726	60	7	conferred	confer	VERB
ape-1726	60	8	with	with	ADP
ape-1726	60	9	indigenous	indigenous	ADJ
ape-1726	60	10	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	60	11	cultural	cultural	ADJ
ape-1726	60	12	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	60	13	and	and	CCONJ
ape-1726	60	14	customary	customary	ADV
ape-1726	60	15	-	-	PUNCT
ape-1726	60	16	based	base	VERB
ape-1726	60	17	authority	authority	NOUN
ape-1726	60	18	;	;	PUNCT
ape-1726	60	19	and	and	CCONJ
ape-1726	60	20	whose	whose	DET
ape-1726	60	21	reign	reign	NOUN
ape-1726	60	22	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	60	23	a	a	DET
ape-1726	60	24	monarchy	monarchy	NOUN
ape-1726	60	25	is	be	AUX
ape-1726	60	26	the	the	DET
ape-1726	60	27	accepted	accept	VERB
ape-1726	60	28	controller	controller	NOUN
ape-1726	60	29	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	60	30	the	the	DET
ape-1726	60	31	people	people	NOUN
ape-1726	60	32	in	in	ADP
ape-1726	60	33	their	their	PRON
ape-1726	60	34	affairs	affair	NOUN
ape-1726	60	35	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	60	36	life	life	NOUN
ape-1726	60	37	.	.	PUNCT
ape-1726	61	1	it	it	PRON
ape-1726	61	2	means	mean	VERB
ape-1726	61	3	a	a	DET
ape-1726	61	4	unanimously	unanimously	ADV
ape-1726	61	5	elected	elect	VERB
ape-1726	61	6	or	or	CCONJ
ape-1726	61	7	selected	select	VERB
ape-1726	61	8	person	person	NOUN
ape-1726	61	9	by	by	ADP
ape-1726	61	10	a	a	DET
ape-1726	61	11	given	give	VERB
ape-1726	61	12	community	community	NOUN
ape-1726	61	13	to	to	PART
ape-1726	61	14	pilot	pilot	VERB
ape-1726	61	15	the	the	DET
ape-1726	61	16	affairs	affair	NOUN
ape-1726	61	17	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	61	18	his	his	PRON
ape-1726	61	19	people	people	NOUN
ape-1726	61	20	in	in	ADP
ape-1726	61	21	line	line	NOUN
ape-1726	61	22	with	with	ADP
ape-1726	61	23	customs	custom	NOUN
ape-1726	61	24	and	and	CCONJ
ape-1726	61	25	traditions	tradition	NOUN
ape-1726	61	26	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	61	27	the	the	DET
ape-1726	61	28	community	community	NOUN
ape-1726	61	29	(	(	PUNCT
ape-1726	61	30	yol	yol	PROPN
ape-1726	61	31	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	61	32	2010	2010	NUM
ape-1726	61	33	)	)	PUNCT
ape-1726	61	34	.	.	PUNCT
ape-1726	62	1	traditional	traditional	ADJ
ape-1726	62	2	rulership	rulership	NOUN
ape-1726	62	3	institution	institution	NOUN
ape-1726	62	4	implies	imply	VERB
ape-1726	62	5	primordial	primordial	ADJ
ape-1726	62	6	or	or	CCONJ
ape-1726	62	7	existing	exist	VERB
ape-1726	62	8	structure	structure	NOUN
ape-1726	62	9	designed	design	VERB
ape-1726	62	10	to	to	PART
ape-1726	62	11	rule	rule	VERB
ape-1726	62	12	over	over	ADP
ape-1726	62	13	the	the	DET
ape-1726	62	14	indigenous	indigenous	ADJ
ape-1726	62	15	communities	community	NOUN
ape-1726	62	16	/	/	SYM
ape-1726	62	17	locales	locale	NOUN
ape-1726	62	18	within	within	ADP
ape-1726	62	19	the	the	DET
ape-1726	62	20	range	range	NOUN
ape-1726	62	21	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	62	22	set	set	NOUN
ape-1726	62	23	norms	norm	NOUN
ape-1726	62	24	.	.	PUNCT
ape-1726	63	1	this	this	DET
ape-1726	63	2	institution	institution	NOUN
ape-1726	63	3	derives	derive	VERB
ape-1726	63	4	its	its	PRON
ape-1726	63	5	power	power	NOUN
ape-1726	63	6	from	from	ADP
ape-1726	63	7	long	long	ADJ
ape-1726	63	8	established	establish	VERB
ape-1726	63	9	tradition	tradition	NOUN
ape-1726	63	10	and	and	CCONJ
ape-1726	63	11	custom	custom	NOUN
ape-1726	63	12	which	which	PRON
ape-1726	63	13	serves	serve	VERB
ape-1726	63	14	as	as	ADP
ape-1726	63	15	precedence	precedence	NOUN
ape-1726	63	16	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	63	17	the	the	DET
ape-1726	63	18	communal	communal	ADJ
ape-1726	63	19	behaviors	behavior	NOUN
ape-1726	63	20	.	.	PUNCT
ape-1726	64	1	traditional	traditional	ADJ
ape-1726	64	2	ruler	ruler	NOUN
ape-1726	64	3	precisely	precisely	ADV
ape-1726	64	4	rules	rule	VERB
ape-1726	64	5	over	over	ADP
ape-1726	64	6	the	the	DET
ape-1726	64	7	indigenous	indigenous	ADJ
ape-1726	64	8	citizens	citizen	NOUN
ape-1726	64	9	with	with	ADP
ape-1726	64	10	specific	specific	ADJ
ape-1726	64	11	assigned	assign	VERB
ape-1726	64	12	roles	role	NOUN
ape-1726	64	13	and	and	CCONJ
ape-1726	64	14	functions	function	NOUN
ape-1726	64	15	similar	similar	ADJ
ape-1726	64	16	to	to	ADP
ape-1726	64	17	that	that	PRON
ape-1726	64	18	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	64	19	government	government	NOUN
ape-1726	64	20	in	in	ADP
ape-1726	64	21	the	the	DET
ape-1726	64	22	modern	modern	ADJ
ape-1726	64	23	society	society	NOUN
ape-1726	64	24	.	.	PUNCT
ape-1726	65	1	according	accord	VERB
ape-1726	65	2	to	to	ADP
ape-1726	65	3	the	the	DET
ape-1726	65	4	martinézcobo	martinézcobo	NOUN
ape-1726	65	5	report	report	NOUN
ape-1726	65	6	to	to	ADP
ape-1726	65	7	the	the	DET
ape-1726	65	8	un	un	PROPN
ape-1726	65	9	sub	sub	PROPN
ape-1726	65	10	-	-	NOUN
ape-1726	65	11	commission	commission	NOUN
ape-1726	65	12	on	on	ADP
ape-1726	65	13	the	the	DET
ape-1726	65	14	prevention	prevention	NOUN
ape-1726	65	15	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	65	16	discrimination	discrimination	NOUN
ape-1726	65	17	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	65	18	minorities	minority	NOUN
ape-1726	65	19	(	(	PUNCT
ape-1726	65	20	1986	1986	NUM
ape-1726	65	21	)	)	PUNCT
ape-1726	65	22	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	65	23	indigenous	indigenous	ADJ
ape-1726	65	24	peoples	people	NOUN
ape-1726	65	25	may	may	AUX
ape-1726	65	26	be	be	AUX
ape-1726	65	27	identified	identify	VERB
ape-1726	65	28	as	as	SCONJ
ape-1726	65	29	follows	follow	VERB
ape-1726	65	30	:	:	PUNCT
ape-1726	65	31	indigenous	indigenous	ADJ
ape-1726	65	32	communities	community	NOUN
ape-1726	65	33	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	65	34	peoples	people	NOUN
ape-1726	65	35	and	and	CCONJ
ape-1726	65	36	nations	nation	NOUN
ape-1726	65	37	are	be	AUX
ape-1726	65	38	those	those	PRON
ape-1726	65	39	which	which	PRON
ape-1726	65	40	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	65	41	having	have	VERB
ape-1726	65	42	a	a	DET
ape-1726	65	43	historical	historical	ADJ
ape-1726	65	44	continuity	continuity	NOUN
ape-1726	65	45	with	with	ADP
ape-1726	65	46	www.scholink.org/ojs/index.php/ape	www.scholink.org/ojs/index.php/ape	NOUN
ape-1726	65	47	advances	advance	NOUN
ape-1726	65	48	in	in	ADP
ape-1726	65	49	politics	politic	NOUN
ape-1726	65	50	and	and	CCONJ
ape-1726	65	51	economic	economic	ADJ
ape-1726	65	52	vol	vol	NOUN
ape-1726	65	53	.	.	PROPN
ape-1726	66	1	2	2	NUM
ape-1726	66	2	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	66	3	no	no	INTJ
ape-1726	66	4	.	.	NOUN
ape-1726	66	5	1	1	NUM
ape-1726	66	6	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	66	7	2019	2019	NUM
ape-1726	66	8	5	5	NUM
ape-1726	66	9	published	publish	VERB
ape-1726	66	10	by	by	ADP
ape-1726	66	11	scholink	scholink	PROPN
ape-1726	66	12	inc	inc	PROPN
ape-1726	66	13	.	.	PROPN
ape-1726	66	14	pre	pre	ADJ
ape-1726	66	15	-	-	NOUN
ape-1726	66	16	invasion	invasion	NOUN
ape-1726	66	17	and	and	CCONJ
ape-1726	66	18	pre	pre	ADJ
ape-1726	66	19	-	-	ADJ
ape-1726	66	20	colonial	colonial	ADJ
ape-1726	66	21	societies	society	NOUN
ape-1726	66	22	that	that	PRON
ape-1726	66	23	developed	develop	VERB
ape-1726	66	24	on	on	ADP
ape-1726	66	25	their	their	PRON
ape-1726	66	26	territories	territory	NOUN
ape-1726	66	27	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	66	28	consider	consider	VERB
ape-1726	66	29	themselves	themselves	PRON
ape-1726	66	30	distinct	distinct	ADJ
ape-1726	66	31	from	from	ADP
ape-1726	66	32	other	other	ADJ
ape-1726	66	33	sectors	sector	NOUN
ape-1726	66	34	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	66	35	the	the	DET
ape-1726	66	36	societies	society	NOUN
ape-1726	66	37	now	now	ADV
ape-1726	66	38	prevailing	prevail	VERB
ape-1726	66	39	in	in	ADP
ape-1726	66	40	those	those	DET
ape-1726	66	41	territories	territory	NOUN
ape-1726	66	42	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	66	43	or	or	CCONJ
ape-1726	66	44	parts	part	NOUN
ape-1726	66	45	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	66	46	them	they	PRON
ape-1726	66	47	.	.	PUNCT
ape-1726	67	1	they	they	PRON
ape-1726	67	2	form	form	VERB
ape-1726	67	3	at	at	ADP
ape-1726	67	4	present	present	ADJ
ape-1726	67	5	non	non	ADJ
ape-1726	67	6	-	-	ADJ
ape-1726	67	7	dominant	dominant	ADJ
ape-1726	67	8	sectors	sector	NOUN
ape-1726	67	9	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	67	10	society	society	NOUN
ape-1726	67	11	and	and	CCONJ
ape-1726	67	12	are	be	AUX
ape-1726	67	13	determined	determined	ADJ
ape-1726	67	14	to	to	PART
ape-1726	67	15	preserve	preserve	VERB
ape-1726	67	16	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	67	17	develop	develop	VERB
ape-1726	67	18	and	and	CCONJ
ape-1726	67	19	transmit	transmit	VERB
ape-1726	67	20	to	to	ADP
ape-1726	67	21	future	future	ADJ
ape-1726	67	22	generations	generation	NOUN
ape-1726	67	23	their	their	PRON
ape-1726	67	24	ancestral	ancestral	ADJ
ape-1726	67	25	territories	territory	NOUN
ape-1726	67	26	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	67	27	and	and	CCONJ
ape-1726	67	28	their	their	PRON
ape-1726	67	29	ethnic	ethnic	ADJ
ape-1726	67	30	identity	identity	NOUN
ape-1726	67	31	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	67	32	as	as	ADP
ape-1726	67	33	the	the	DET
ape-1726	67	34	basis	basis	NOUN
ape-1726	67	35	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	67	36	their	their	PRON
ape-1726	67	37	continued	continued	ADJ
ape-1726	67	38	existence	existence	NOUN
ape-1726	67	39	as	as	ADP
ape-1726	67	40	peoples	people	NOUN
ape-1726	67	41	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	67	42	in	in	ADP
ape-1726	67	43	accordance	accordance	NOUN
ape-1726	67	44	with	with	ADP
ape-1726	67	45	their	their	PRON
ape-1726	67	46	own	own	ADJ
ape-1726	67	47	cultural	cultural	ADJ
ape-1726	67	48	patterns	pattern	NOUN
ape-1726	67	49	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	67	50	social	social	ADJ
ape-1726	67	51	institutions	institution	NOUN
ape-1726	67	52	and	and	CCONJ
ape-1726	67	53	legal	legal	ADJ
ape-1726	67	54	systems	system	NOUN
ape-1726	67	55	(	(	PUNCT
ape-1726	67	56	cited	cite	VERB
ape-1726	67	57	in	in	ADP
ape-1726	67	58	lutz	lutz	PROPN
ape-1726	67	59	&	&	CCONJ
ape-1726	67	60	linder	linder	PROPN
ape-1726	67	61	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	67	62	2004	2004	NUM
ape-1726	67	63	)	)	PUNCT
ape-1726	67	64	.	.	PUNCT
ape-1726	68	1	by	by	ADP
ape-1726	68	2	traditional	traditional	ADJ
ape-1726	68	3	institution	institution	NOUN
ape-1726	68	4	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	68	5	it	it	PRON
ape-1726	68	6	refers	refer	VERB
ape-1726	68	7	to	to	ADP
ape-1726	68	8	the	the	DET
ape-1726	68	9	indigenous	indigenous	ADJ
ape-1726	68	10	political	political	ADJ
ape-1726	68	11	arrangements	arrangement	NOUN
ape-1726	68	12	whereby	whereby	SCONJ
ape-1726	68	13	leaders	leader	NOUN
ape-1726	68	14	with	with	ADP
ape-1726	68	15	proven	prove	VERB
ape-1726	68	16	track	track	NOUN
ape-1726	68	17	records	record	NOUN
ape-1726	68	18	are	be	AUX
ape-1726	68	19	appointed	appoint	VERB
ape-1726	68	20	and	and	CCONJ
ape-1726	68	21	installed	instal	VERB
ape-1726	68	22	in	in	ADP
ape-1726	68	23	line	line	NOUN
ape-1726	68	24	with	with	ADP
ape-1726	68	25	the	the	DET
ape-1726	68	26	provisions	provision	NOUN
ape-1726	68	27	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	68	28	their	their	PRON
ape-1726	68	29	native	native	ADJ
ape-1726	68	30	laws	law	NOUN
ape-1726	68	31	and	and	CCONJ
ape-1726	68	32	customs	custom	NOUN
ape-1726	68	33	(	(	PUNCT
ape-1726	68	34	orji	orji	PROPN
ape-1726	68	35	&	&	CCONJ
ape-1726	68	36	olali	olali	PROPN
ape-1726	68	37	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	68	38	2010	2010	NUM
ape-1726	68	39	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	68	40	p.	p.	NOUN
ape-1726	68	41	402	402	NUM
ape-1726	68	42	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	68	43	cited	cite	VERB
ape-1726	68	44	in	in	ADP
ape-1726	68	45	nweke	nweke	NOUN
ape-1726	68	46	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	68	47	2012	2012	NUM
ape-1726	68	48	)	)	PUNCT
ape-1726	68	49	.	.	PUNCT
ape-1726	69	1	the	the	DET
ape-1726	69	2	essence	essence	NOUN
ape-1726	69	3	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	69	4	the	the	DET
ape-1726	69	5	institutions	institution	NOUN
ape-1726	69	6	is	be	AUX
ape-1726	69	7	to	to	PART
ape-1726	69	8	preserve	preserve	VERB
ape-1726	69	9	the	the	DET
ape-1726	69	10	customs	custom	NOUN
ape-1726	69	11	and	and	CCONJ
ape-1726	69	12	traditions	tradition	NOUN
ape-1726	69	13	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	69	14	the	the	DET
ape-1726	69	15	people	people	NOUN
ape-1726	69	16	and	and	CCONJ
ape-1726	69	17	to	to	PART
ape-1726	69	18	manage	manage	VERB
ape-1726	69	19	conflicts	conflict	NOUN
ape-1726	69	20	arising	arise	VERB
ape-1726	69	21	among	among	ADP
ape-1726	69	22	or	or	CCONJ
ape-1726	69	23	between	between	ADP
ape-1726	69	24	members	member	NOUN
ape-1726	69	25	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	69	26	the	the	DET
ape-1726	69	27	community	community	NOUN
ape-1726	69	28	by	by	ADP
ape-1726	69	29	the	the	DET
ape-1726	69	30	instrumentality	instrumentality	NOUN
ape-1726	69	31	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	69	32	laws	law	NOUN
ape-1726	69	33	and	and	CCONJ
ape-1726	69	34	customs	custom	NOUN
ape-1726	69	35	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	69	36	the	the	DET
ape-1726	69	37	people	people	NOUN
ape-1726	69	38	(	(	PUNCT
ape-1726	69	39	nweke	nweke	ADJ
ape-1726	69	40	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	69	41	2012	2012	NUM
ape-1726	69	42	)	)	PUNCT
ape-1726	69	43	.	.	PUNCT
ape-1726	70	1	miles	mile	NOUN
ape-1726	70	2	(	(	PUNCT
ape-1726	70	3	1993	1993	NUM
ape-1726	70	4	)	)	PUNCT
ape-1726	70	5	identified	identify	VERB
ape-1726	70	6	five	five	NUM
ape-1726	70	7	modern	modern	ADJ
ape-1726	70	8	functions	function	NOUN
ape-1726	70	9	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	70	10	traditional	traditional	ADJ
ape-1726	70	11	rulers	ruler	NOUN
ape-1726	70	12	which	which	PRON
ape-1726	70	13	include	include	VERB
ape-1726	70	14	linkages	linkage	NOUN
ape-1726	70	15	or	or	CCONJ
ape-1726	70	16	brokering	broker	VERB
ape-1726	70	17	between	between	ADP
ape-1726	70	18	grassroots	grassroot	NOUN
ape-1726	70	19	and	and	CCONJ
ape-1726	70	20	capital	capital	NOUN
ape-1726	70	21	;	;	PUNCT
ape-1726	70	22	extension	extension	NOUN
ape-1726	70	23	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	70	24	national	national	ADJ
ape-1726	70	25	identity	identity	NOUN
ape-1726	70	26	through	through	ADP
ape-1726	70	27	the	the	DET
ape-1726	70	28	conferral	conferral	NOUN
ape-1726	70	29	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	70	30	traditional	traditional	ADJ
ape-1726	70	31	titles	title	NOUN
ape-1726	70	32	;	;	PUNCT
ape-1726	70	33	low	low	ADJ
ape-1726	70	34	level	level	NOUN
ape-1726	70	35	conflict	conflict	NOUN
ape-1726	70	36	resolution	resolution	NOUN
ape-1726	70	37	and	and	CCONJ
ape-1726	70	38	judicial	judicial	ADJ
ape-1726	70	39	gate	gate	NOUN
ape-1726	70	40	-	-	PUNCT
ape-1726	70	41	keeping	keeping	NOUN
ape-1726	70	42	;	;	PUNCT
ape-1726	70	43	ombudsman	ombudsman	NOUN
ape-1726	70	44	ship	ship	NOUN
ape-1726	70	45	and	and	CCONJ
ape-1726	70	46	institutional	institutional	ADJ
ape-1726	70	47	safety	safety	NOUN
ape-1726	70	48	value	value	NOUN
ape-1726	70	49	for	for	ADP
ape-1726	70	50	overloaded	overloaded	ADJ
ape-1726	70	51	and	and	CCONJ
ape-1726	70	52	sub	sub	ADJ
ape-1726	70	53	-	-	ADJ
ape-1726	70	54	apportioned	apportion	VERB
ape-1726	70	55	bureaucracies	bureaucracy	NOUN
ape-1726	70	56	.	.	PUNCT
ape-1726	71	1	any	any	DET
ape-1726	71	2	account	account	NOUN
ape-1726	71	3	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	71	4	social	social	ADJ
ape-1726	71	5	institutions	institution	NOUN
ape-1726	71	6	must	must	AUX
ape-1726	71	7	begin	begin	VERB
ape-1726	71	8	by	by	ADP
ape-1726	71	9	informally	informally	ADV
ape-1726	71	10	marking	mark	VERB
ape-1726	71	11	off	off	ADP
ape-1726	71	12	social	social	ADJ
ape-1726	71	13	institutions	institution	NOUN
ape-1726	71	14	from	from	ADP
ape-1726	71	15	other	other	ADJ
ape-1726	71	16	social	social	ADJ
ape-1726	71	17	forms	form	NOUN
ape-1726	71	18	(	(	PUNCT
ape-1726	71	19	stanford	stanford	PROPN
ape-1726	71	20	encyclopedia	encyclopedia	NOUN
ape-1726	71	21	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	71	22	philosophy	philosophy	NOUN
ape-1726	71	23	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	71	24	2011	2011	NUM
ape-1726	71	25	)	)	PUNCT
ape-1726	71	26	.	.	PUNCT
ape-1726	72	1	an	an	DET
ape-1726	72	2	institution	institution	NOUN
ape-1726	72	3	is	be	AUX
ape-1726	72	4	any	any	DET
ape-1726	72	5	structure	structure	NOUN
ape-1726	72	6	or	or	CCONJ
ape-1726	72	7	mechanism	mechanism	NOUN
ape-1726	72	8	or	or	CCONJ
ape-1726	72	9	social	social	ADJ
ape-1726	72	10	order	order	NOUN
ape-1726	72	11	governing	govern	VERB
ape-1726	72	12	the	the	DET
ape-1726	72	13	behavior	behavior	NOUN
ape-1726	72	14	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	72	15	a	a	DET
ape-1726	72	16	set	set	NOUN
ape-1726	72	17	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	72	18	individuals	individual	NOUN
ape-1726	72	19	within	within	ADP
ape-1726	72	20	a	a	DET
ape-1726	72	21	given	give	VERB
ape-1726	72	22	community	community	NOUN
ape-1726	72	23	;	;	PUNCT
ape-1726	72	24	may	may	AUX
ape-1726	72	25	it	it	PRON
ape-1726	72	26	be	be	AUX
ape-1726	72	27	human	human	ADJ
ape-1726	72	28	or	or	CCONJ
ape-1726	72	29	a	a	DET
ape-1726	72	30	specific	specific	ADJ
ape-1726	72	31	animal	animal	NOUN
ape-1726	72	32	one	one	NUM
ape-1726	72	33	.	.	PUNCT
ape-1726	73	1	institutions	institution	NOUN
ape-1726	73	2	are	be	AUX
ape-1726	73	3	identified	identify	VERB
ape-1726	73	4	with	with	ADP
ape-1726	73	5	social	social	ADJ
ape-1726	73	6	purpose	purpose	NOUN
ape-1726	73	7	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	73	8	transcending	transcend	VERB
ape-1726	73	9	individuals	individual	NOUN
ape-1726	73	10	and	and	CCONJ
ape-1726	73	11	intentions	intention	NOUN
ape-1726	73	12	by	by	ADP
ape-1726	73	13	mediating	mediate	VERB
ape-1726	73	14	the	the	DET
ape-1726	73	15	rules	rule	NOUN
ape-1726	73	16	that	that	PRON
ape-1726	73	17	govern	govern	VERB
ape-1726	73	18	living	living	NOUN
ape-1726	73	19	behavior	behavior	NOUN
ape-1726	73	20	.	.	PUNCT
ape-1726	74	1	the	the	DET
ape-1726	74	2	term	term	NOUN
ape-1726	74	3	“	"	PUNCT
ape-1726	74	4	institution	institution	NOUN
ape-1726	74	5	”	"	PUNCT
ape-1726	74	6	is	be	AUX
ape-1726	74	7	commonly	commonly	ADV
ape-1726	74	8	applied	apply	VERB
ape-1726	74	9	to	to	ADP
ape-1726	74	10	custom	custom	NOUN
ape-1726	74	11	and	and	CCONJ
ape-1726	74	12	behavior	behavior	NOUN
ape-1726	74	13	patterns	pattern	NOUN
ape-1726	74	14	important	important	ADJ
ape-1726	74	15	to	to	ADP
ape-1726	74	16	a	a	DET
ape-1726	74	17	society	society	NOUN
ape-1726	74	18	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	74	19	as	as	ADV
ape-1726	74	20	well	well	ADV
ape-1726	74	21	as	as	ADP
ape-1726	74	22	to	to	ADP
ape-1726	74	23	particular	particular	ADJ
ape-1726	74	24	formal	formal	ADJ
ape-1726	74	25	organization	organization	NOUN
ape-1726	74	26	or	or	CCONJ
ape-1726	74	27	government	government	NOUN
ape-1726	74	28	and	and	CCONJ
ape-1726	74	29	public	public	ADJ
ape-1726	74	30	services	service	NOUN
ape-1726	74	31	(	(	PUNCT
ape-1726	74	32	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/institution	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/institution	NOUN
ape-1726	74	33	)	)	PUNCT
ape-1726	74	34	.	.	PUNCT
ape-1726	75	1	as	as	SCONJ
ape-1726	75	2	it	it	PRON
ape-1726	75	3	relates	relate	VERB
ape-1726	75	4	to	to	ADP
ape-1726	75	5	traditional	traditional	ADJ
ape-1726	75	6	structure	structure	NOUN
ape-1726	75	7	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	75	8	the	the	DET
ape-1726	75	9	essence	essence	NOUN
ape-1726	75	10	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	75	11	the	the	DET
ape-1726	75	12	institutions	institution	NOUN
ape-1726	75	13	is	be	AUX
ape-1726	75	14	to	to	PART
ape-1726	75	15	preserve	preserve	VERB
ape-1726	75	16	the	the	DET
ape-1726	75	17	customs	custom	NOUN
ape-1726	75	18	and	and	CCONJ
ape-1726	75	19	traditions	tradition	NOUN
ape-1726	75	20	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	75	21	the	the	DET
ape-1726	75	22	people	people	NOUN
ape-1726	75	23	and	and	CCONJ
ape-1726	75	24	to	to	PART
ape-1726	75	25	manage	manage	VERB
ape-1726	75	26	conflicts	conflict	NOUN
ape-1726	75	27	arising	arise	VERB
ape-1726	75	28	among	among	ADP
ape-1726	75	29	or	or	CCONJ
ape-1726	75	30	between	between	ADP
ape-1726	75	31	members	member	NOUN
ape-1726	75	32	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	75	33	the	the	DET
ape-1726	75	34	community	community	NOUN
ape-1726	75	35	by	by	ADP
ape-1726	75	36	the	the	DET
ape-1726	75	37	instrumentality	instrumentality	NOUN
ape-1726	75	38	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	75	39	laws	law	NOUN
ape-1726	75	40	and	and	CCONJ
ape-1726	75	41	customs	custom	NOUN
ape-1726	75	42	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	75	43	the	the	DET
ape-1726	75	44	people	people	NOUN
ape-1726	75	45	(	(	PUNCT
ape-1726	75	46	nweke	nweke	ADJ
ape-1726	75	47	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	75	48	2012	2012	NUM
ape-1726	75	49	)	)	PUNCT
ape-1726	75	50	.	.	PUNCT
ape-1726	76	1	election	election	NOUN
ape-1726	76	2	may	may	AUX
ape-1726	76	3	be	be	AUX
ape-1726	76	4	defined	define	VERB
ape-1726	76	5	as	as	ADP
ape-1726	76	6	an	an	DET
ape-1726	76	7	act	act	NOUN
ape-1726	76	8	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	76	9	choosing	choose	VERB
ape-1726	76	10	or	or	CCONJ
ape-1726	76	11	selecting	select	VERB
ape-1726	76	12	one	one	NUM
ape-1726	76	13	or	or	CCONJ
ape-1726	76	14	more	more	ADJ
ape-1726	76	15	from	from	ADP
ape-1726	76	16	a	a	DET
ape-1726	76	17	greater	great	ADJ
ape-1726	76	18	number	number	NOUN
ape-1726	76	19	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	76	20	persons	person	NOUN
ape-1726	76	21	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	76	22	things	thing	NOUN
ape-1726	76	23	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	76	24	courses	course	NOUN
ape-1726	76	25	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	76	26	or	or	CCONJ
ape-1726	76	27	rights	right	NOUN
ape-1726	76	28	(	(	PUNCT
ape-1726	76	29	black	black	NOUN
ape-1726	76	30	’s	’s	PART
ape-1726	76	31	law	law	PROPN
ape-1726	76	32	dictionary	dictionary	PROPN
ape-1726	76	33	)	)	PUNCT
ape-1726	76	34	.	.	PUNCT
ape-1726	77	1	it	it	PRON
ape-1726	77	2	is	be	AUX
ape-1726	77	3	a	a	DET
ape-1726	77	4	formal	formal	ADJ
ape-1726	77	5	process	process	NOUN
ape-1726	77	6	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	77	7	selecting	select	VERB
ape-1726	77	8	a	a	DET
ape-1726	77	9	person	person	NOUN
ape-1726	77	10	for	for	ADP
ape-1726	77	11	public	public	ADJ
ape-1726	77	12	office	office	NOUN
ape-1726	77	13	or	or	CCONJ
ape-1726	77	14	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	77	15	accepting	accept	VERB
ape-1726	77	16	or	or	CCONJ
ape-1726	77	17	rejecting	reject	VERB
ape-1726	77	18	a	a	DET
ape-1726	77	19	political	political	ADJ
ape-1726	77	20	proposition	proposition	NOUN
ape-1726	77	21	by	by	ADP
ape-1726	77	22	voting	vote	VERB
ape-1726	77	23	(	(	PUNCT
ape-1726	77	24	encyclopedia	encyclopedia	PROPN
ape-1726	77	25	britannica	britannica	PROPN
ape-1726	77	26	)	)	PUNCT
ape-1726	77	27	.	.	PUNCT
ape-1726	78	1	election	election	NOUN
ape-1726	78	2	constitutes	constitute	VERB
ape-1726	78	3	major	major	ADJ
ape-1726	78	4	activities	activity	NOUN
ape-1726	78	5	in	in	ADP
ape-1726	78	6	pre	pre	NOUN
ape-1726	78	7	-	-	NOUN
ape-1726	78	8	election	election	NOUN
ape-1726	78	9	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	78	10	election	election	NOUN
ape-1726	78	11	and	and	CCONJ
ape-1726	78	12	post	post	ADJ
ape-1726	78	13	-	-	ADJ
ape-1726	78	14	election	election	NOUN
ape-1726	78	15	process	process	NOUN
ape-1726	78	16	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	78	17	these	these	PRON
ape-1726	78	18	may	may	AUX
ape-1726	78	19	include	include	VERB
ape-1726	78	20	voter	voter	NOUN
ape-1726	78	21	’s	’s	PART
ape-1726	78	22	registration	registration	NOUN
ape-1726	78	23	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	78	24	registration	registration	NOUN
ape-1726	78	25	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	78	26	political	political	ADJ
ape-1726	78	27	party	party	NOUN
ape-1726	78	28	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	78	29	election	election	NOUN
ape-1726	78	30	campaign	campaign	NOUN
ape-1726	78	31	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	78	32	voting	voting	NOUN
ape-1726	78	33	guidelines	guideline	NOUN
ape-1726	78	34	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	78	35	voting	voting	NOUN
ape-1726	78	36	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	78	37	counting	counting	NOUN
ape-1726	78	38	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	78	39	votes	vote	NOUN
ape-1726	78	40	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	78	41	pronouncement	pronouncement	NOUN
ape-1726	78	42	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	78	43	election	election	NOUN
ape-1726	78	44	results	result	NOUN
ape-1726	78	45	and	and	CCONJ
ape-1726	78	46	ventilation	ventilation	NOUN
ape-1726	78	47	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	78	48	anger	anger	NOUN
ape-1726	78	49	against	against	ADP
ape-1726	78	50	election	election	NOUN
ape-1726	78	51	results	result	NOUN
ape-1726	78	52	at	at	ADP
ape-1726	78	53	the	the	DET
ape-1726	78	54	court	court	NOUN
ape-1726	78	55	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	78	56	law	law	NOUN
ape-1726	78	57	for	for	ADP
ape-1726	78	58	proper	proper	ADJ
ape-1726	78	59	adjudication	adjudication	NOUN
ape-1726	78	60	.	.	PUNCT
ape-1726	79	1	therefore	therefore	ADV
ape-1726	79	2	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	79	3	election	election	NOUN
ape-1726	79	4	connotes	connote	VERB
ape-1726	79	5	the	the	DET
ape-1726	79	6	overall	overall	ADJ
ape-1726	79	7	management	management	NOUN
ape-1726	79	8	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	79	9	electoral	electoral	ADJ
ape-1726	79	10	processes	process	NOUN
ape-1726	79	11	in	in	ADP
ape-1726	79	12	a	a	DET
ape-1726	79	13	political	political	ADJ
ape-1726	79	14	system	system	NOUN
ape-1726	79	15	.	.	PUNCT
ape-1726	80	1	elections	election	NOUN
ape-1726	80	2	are	be	AUX
ape-1726	80	3	central	central	ADJ
ape-1726	80	4	to	to	ADP
ape-1726	80	5	competitive	competitive	ADJ
ape-1726	80	6	politics	politic	NOUN
ape-1726	80	7	.	.	PUNCT
ape-1726	81	1	they	they	PRON
ape-1726	81	2	are	be	AUX
ape-1726	81	3	central	central	ADJ
ape-1726	81	4	because	because	SCONJ
ape-1726	81	5	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	81	6	ideally	ideally	ADV
ape-1726	81	7	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	81	8	they	they	PRON
ape-1726	81	9	should	should	AUX
ape-1726	81	10	provide	provide	VERB
ape-1726	81	11	the	the	DET
ape-1726	81	12	opportunity	opportunity	NOUN
ape-1726	81	13	for	for	SCONJ
ape-1726	81	14	yesterday	yesterday	NOUN
ape-1726	81	15	’s	’s	PART
ape-1726	81	16	winners	winner	NOUN
ape-1726	81	17	to	to	PART
ape-1726	81	18	become	become	VERB
ape-1726	81	19	today	today	NOUN
ape-1726	81	20	’s	’s	PART
ape-1726	81	21	losers	loser	NOUN
ape-1726	81	22	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	81	23	and	and	CCONJ
ape-1726	81	24	for	for	ADP
ape-1726	81	25	yesterday	yesterday	NOUN
ape-1726	81	26	’s	’s	PART
ape-1726	81	27	losers	loser	NOUN
ape-1726	81	28	to	to	PART
ape-1726	81	29	become	become	VERB
ape-1726	81	30	today	today	NOUN
ape-1726	81	31	’s	’s	PART
ape-1726	81	32	winners	winner	NOUN
ape-1726	81	33	.	.	PUNCT
ape-1726	82	1	the	the	DET
ape-1726	82	2	model	model	NOUN
ape-1726	82	3	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	82	4	democracy	democracy	NOUN
ape-1726	82	5	on	on	ADP
ape-1726	82	6	which	which	PRON
ape-1726	82	7	this	this	DET
ape-1726	82	8	theory	theory	NOUN
ape-1726	82	9	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	82	10	elections	election	NOUN
ape-1726	82	11	is	be	AUX
ape-1726	82	12	based	base	VERB
ape-1726	82	13	is	be	AUX
ape-1726	82	14	liberal	liberal	ADJ
ape-1726	82	15	democratic	democratic	ADJ
ape-1726	82	16	.	.	PUNCT
ape-1726	83	1	the	the	DET
ape-1726	83	2	centrality	centrality	NOUN
ape-1726	83	3	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	83	4	elections	election	NOUN
ape-1726	83	5	to	to	ADP
ape-1726	83	6	liberal	liberal	ADJ
ape-1726	83	7	democratic	democratic	ADJ
ape-1726	83	8	politics	politic	NOUN
ape-1726	83	9	also	also	ADV
ape-1726	83	10	presupposes	presuppose	VERB
ape-1726	83	11	the	the	DET
ape-1726	83	12	importance	importance	NOUN
ape-1726	83	13	www.scholink.org/ojs/index.php/ape	www.scholink.org/ojs/index.php/ape	NOUN
ape-1726	83	14	advances	advance	NOUN
ape-1726	83	15	in	in	ADP
ape-1726	83	16	politics	politic	NOUN
ape-1726	83	17	and	and	CCONJ
ape-1726	83	18	economic	economic	ADJ
ape-1726	83	19	vol	vol	NOUN
ape-1726	83	20	.	.	PROPN
ape-1726	84	1	2	2	NUM
ape-1726	84	2	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	84	3	no	no	INTJ
ape-1726	84	4	.	.	NOUN
ape-1726	84	5	1	1	NUM
ape-1726	84	6	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	84	7	2019	2019	NUM
ape-1726	84	8	6	6	NUM
ape-1726	84	9	published	publish	VERB
ape-1726	84	10	by	by	ADP
ape-1726	84	11	scholink	scholink	PROPN
ape-1726	84	12	inc	inc	PROPN
ape-1726	84	13	.	.	PROPN
ape-1726	84	14	particularly	particularly	ADV
ape-1726	84	15	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	84	16	impartial	impartial	ADJ
ape-1726	84	17	electoral	electoral	ADJ
ape-1726	84	18	administration	administration	NOUN
ape-1726	84	19	.	.	PUNCT
ape-1726	85	1	this	this	PRON
ape-1726	85	2	is	be	AUX
ape-1726	85	3	because	because	SCONJ
ape-1726	85	4	the	the	DET
ape-1726	85	5	indeterminacy	indeterminacy	NOUN
ape-1726	85	6	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	85	7	elections	election	NOUN
ape-1726	85	8	the	the	DET
ape-1726	85	9	possibility	possibility	NOUN
ape-1726	85	10	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	85	11	erstwhile	erstwhile	VERB
ape-1726	85	12	winners	winner	NOUN
ape-1726	85	13	becoming	become	VERB
ape-1726	85	14	losers	loser	NOUN
ape-1726	85	15	and	and	CCONJ
ape-1726	85	16	erstwhile	erstwhile	VERB
ape-1726	85	17	losers	loser	NOUN
ape-1726	85	18	becoming	become	VERB
ape-1726	85	19	winners	winner	NOUN
ape-1726	85	20	-	-	PUNCT
ape-1726	85	21	which	which	PRON
ape-1726	85	22	is	be	AUX
ape-1726	85	23	an	an	DET
ape-1726	85	24	inherent	inherent	ADJ
ape-1726	85	25	and	and	CCONJ
ape-1726	85	26	necessary	necessary	ADJ
ape-1726	85	27	prerequisite	prerequisite	NOUN
ape-1726	85	28	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	85	29	liberal	liberal	ADJ
ape-1726	85	30	democratic	democratic	ADJ
ape-1726	85	31	politics	politic	NOUN
ape-1726	85	32	is	be	AUX
ape-1726	85	33	to	to	ADP
ape-1726	85	34	a	a	DET
ape-1726	85	35	large	large	ADJ
ape-1726	85	36	extent	extent	NOUN
ape-1726	85	37	a	a	DET
ape-1726	85	38	function	function	NOUN
ape-1726	85	39	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	85	40	an	an	DET
ape-1726	85	41	impartial	impartial	ADJ
ape-1726	85	42	administration	administration	NOUN
ape-1726	85	43	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	85	44	elections	election	NOUN
ape-1726	85	45	(	(	PUNCT
ape-1726	85	46	jinadu	jinadu	ADJ
ape-1726	85	47	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	85	48	1997	1997	NUM
ape-1726	85	49	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	85	50	p.	p.	NOUN
ape-1726	85	51	1	1	NUM
ape-1726	85	52	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	85	53	cited	cite	VERB
ape-1726	85	54	in	in	ADP
ape-1726	85	55	ojo	ojo	NOUN
ape-1726	85	56	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	85	57	2012	2012	NUM
ape-1726	85	58	)	)	PUNCT
ape-1726	85	59	.	.	PUNCT
ape-1726	86	1	in	in	ADP
ape-1726	86	2	nigeria	nigeria	PROPN
ape-1726	86	3	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	86	4	the	the	DET
ape-1726	86	5	set	set	NOUN
ape-1726	86	6	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	86	7	actions	action	NOUN
ape-1726	86	8	put	put	VERB
ape-1726	86	9	in	in	ADP
ape-1726	86	10	place	place	NOUN
ape-1726	86	11	for	for	ADP
ape-1726	86	12	the	the	DET
ape-1726	86	13	management	management	NOUN
ape-1726	86	14	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	86	15	electoral	electoral	ADJ
ape-1726	86	16	exercise	exercise	NOUN
ape-1726	86	17	has	have	AUX
ape-1726	86	18	been	be	AUX
ape-1726	86	19	driven	drive	VERB
ape-1726	86	20	by	by	ADP
ape-1726	86	21	many	many	ADJ
ape-1726	86	22	actors	actor	NOUN
ape-1726	86	23	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	86	24	traditional	traditional	ADJ
ape-1726	86	25	rulers	ruler	NOUN
ape-1726	86	26	inclusive	inclusive	ADJ
ape-1726	86	27	.	.	PUNCT
ape-1726	87	1	the	the	DET
ape-1726	87	2	fundamental	fundamental	ADJ
ape-1726	87	3	role	role	NOUN
ape-1726	87	4	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	87	5	this	this	DET
ape-1726	87	6	rulership	rulership	NOUN
ape-1726	87	7	institution	institution	NOUN
ape-1726	87	8	remains	remain	VERB
ape-1726	87	9	significant	significant	ADJ
ape-1726	87	10	in	in	ADP
ape-1726	87	11	any	any	DET
ape-1726	87	12	democratic	democratic	ADJ
ape-1726	87	13	activity	activity	NOUN
ape-1726	87	14	.	.	PUNCT
ape-1726	88	1	in	in	ADP
ape-1726	88	2	view	view	NOUN
ape-1726	88	3	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	88	4	idea	idea	NOUN
ape-1726	88	5	(	(	PUNCT
ape-1726	88	6	2010	2010	NUM
ape-1726	88	7	)	)	PUNCT
ape-1726	88	8	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	88	9	the	the	DET
ape-1726	88	10	electoral	electoral	ADJ
ape-1726	88	11	process	process	NOUN
ape-1726	88	12	comprises	comprise	NOUN
ape-1726	88	13	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	88	14	eight	eight	NUM
ape-1726	88	15	segments	segment	NOUN
ape-1726	88	16	:	:	PUNCT
ape-1726	88	17	legal	legal	ADJ
ape-1726	88	18	framework	framework	NOUN
ape-1726	88	19	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	88	20	planning	planning	NOUN
ape-1726	88	21	&	&	CCONJ
ape-1726	88	22	implementation	implementation	NOUN
ape-1726	88	23	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	88	24	training	training	NOUN
ape-1726	88	25	and	and	CCONJ
ape-1726	88	26	education	education	NOUN
ape-1726	88	27	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	88	28	voter	voter	NOUN
ape-1726	88	29	registration	registration	NOUN
ape-1726	88	30	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	88	31	electoral	electoral	ADJ
ape-1726	88	32	campaign	campaign	NOUN
ape-1726	88	33	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	88	34	voting	voting	NOUN
ape-1726	88	35	operation	operation	NOUN
ape-1726	88	36	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	88	37	verification	verification	NOUN
ape-1726	88	38	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	88	39	results	result	NOUN
ape-1726	88	40	and	and	CCONJ
ape-1726	88	41	post	post	NOUN
ape-1726	88	42	-	-	NOUN
ape-1726	88	43	election	election	NOUN
ape-1726	88	44	.	.	PUNCT
ape-1726	89	1	however	however	ADV
ape-1726	89	2	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	89	3	it	it	PRON
ape-1726	89	4	can	can	AUX
ape-1726	89	5	be	be	AUX
ape-1726	89	6	rightly	rightly	ADV
ape-1726	89	7	observed	observe	VERB
ape-1726	89	8	that	that	SCONJ
ape-1726	89	9	the	the	DET
ape-1726	89	10	involvement	involvement	NOUN
ape-1726	89	11	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	89	12	traditional	traditional	ADJ
ape-1726	89	13	rulers	ruler	NOUN
ape-1726	89	14	in	in	ADP
ape-1726	89	15	some	some	PRON
ape-1726	89	16	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	89	17	these	these	DET
ape-1726	89	18	stated	state	VERB
ape-1726	89	19	segments	segment	NOUN
ape-1726	89	20	become	become	VERB
ape-1726	89	21	noteworthy	noteworthy	ADJ
ape-1726	89	22	owing	owe	VERB
ape-1726	89	23	to	to	ADP
ape-1726	89	24	their	their	PRON
ape-1726	89	25	acceptability	acceptability	NOUN
ape-1726	89	26	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	89	27	responsiveness	responsiveness	NOUN
ape-1726	89	28	and	and	CCONJ
ape-1726	89	29	practicable	practicable	ADJ
ape-1726	89	30	input	input	NOUN
ape-1726	89	31	and	and	CCONJ
ape-1726	89	32	outputs	output	NOUN
ape-1726	89	33	in	in	ADP
ape-1726	89	34	governance	governance	NOUN
ape-1726	89	35	since	since	SCONJ
ape-1726	89	36	the	the	DET
ape-1726	89	37	amalgamation	amalgamation	NOUN
ape-1726	89	38	till	till	SCONJ
ape-1726	89	39	date	date	NOUN
ape-1726	89	40	.	.	PUNCT
ape-1726	90	1	the	the	DET
ape-1726	90	2	review	review	NOUN
ape-1726	90	3	clearly	clearly	ADV
ape-1726	90	4	indicates	indicate	VERB
ape-1726	90	5	that	that	SCONJ
ape-1726	90	6	a	a	DET
ape-1726	90	7	lot	lot	NOUN
ape-1726	90	8	has	have	AUX
ape-1726	90	9	been	be	AUX
ape-1726	90	10	done	do	VERB
ape-1726	90	11	in	in	ADP
ape-1726	90	12	the	the	DET
ape-1726	90	13	aspect	aspect	NOUN
ape-1726	90	14	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	90	15	history	history	NOUN
ape-1726	90	16	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	90	17	roles	role	NOUN
ape-1726	90	18	and	and	CCONJ
ape-1726	90	19	challenges	challenge	NOUN
ape-1726	90	20	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	90	21	traditional	traditional	ADJ
ape-1726	90	22	rulers	ruler	NOUN
ape-1726	90	23	while	while	SCONJ
ape-1726	90	24	lacuna	lacuna	NOUN
ape-1726	90	25	on	on	ADP
ape-1726	90	26	the	the	DET
ape-1726	90	27	relevance	relevance	NOUN
ape-1726	90	28	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	90	29	traditional	traditional	ADJ
ape-1726	90	30	rulers	ruler	NOUN
ape-1726	90	31	in	in	ADP
ape-1726	90	32	electoral	electoral	ADJ
ape-1726	90	33	process	process	NOUN
ape-1726	90	34	remains	remain	VERB
ape-1726	90	35	uncovered	uncover	VERB
ape-1726	90	36	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	90	37	hence	hence	ADV
ape-1726	90	38	the	the	DET
ape-1726	90	39	significance	significance	NOUN
ape-1726	90	40	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	90	41	this	this	DET
ape-1726	90	42	paper	paper	NOUN
ape-1726	90	43	.	.	PUNCT
ape-1726	91	1	2.1.1	2.1.1	NUM
ape-1726	91	2	structural	structural	ADJ
ape-1726	91	3	functionalism	functionalism	NOUN
ape-1726	91	4	:	:	PUNCT
ape-1726	91	5	a	a	DET
ape-1726	91	6	theoretical	theoretical	ADJ
ape-1726	91	7	approach	approach	NOUN
ape-1726	91	8	structural	structural	ADJ
ape-1726	91	9	functionalism	functionalism	NOUN
ape-1726	91	10	theory	theory	NOUN
ape-1726	91	11	is	be	AUX
ape-1726	91	12	adopted	adopt	VERB
ape-1726	91	13	in	in	ADP
ape-1726	91	14	this	this	DET
ape-1726	91	15	study	study	NOUN
ape-1726	91	16	to	to	PART
ape-1726	91	17	establish	establish	VERB
ape-1726	91	18	the	the	DET
ape-1726	91	19	traditional	traditional	ADJ
ape-1726	91	20	rulership	rulership	NOUN
ape-1726	91	21	institution	institution	NOUN
ape-1726	91	22	as	as	ADP
ape-1726	91	23	functional	functional	ADJ
ape-1726	91	24	organ	organ	NOUN
ape-1726	91	25	within	within	ADP
ape-1726	91	26	the	the	DET
ape-1726	91	27	nucleus	nucleus	NOUN
ape-1726	91	28	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	91	29	nigerian	nigerian	ADJ
ape-1726	91	30	society	society	NOUN
ape-1726	91	31	.	.	PUNCT
ape-1726	92	1	the	the	DET
ape-1726	92	2	relevant	relevant	ADJ
ape-1726	92	3	contributions	contribution	NOUN
ape-1726	92	4	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	92	5	eminent	eminent	ADJ
ape-1726	92	6	sociologists	sociologist	NOUN
ape-1726	92	7	such	such	ADJ
ape-1726	92	8	as	as	ADP
ape-1726	92	9	august	august	PROPN
ape-1726	92	10	comte	comte	PROPN
ape-1726	92	11	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	92	12	herbert	herbert	PROPN
ape-1726	92	13	spencer	spencer	PROPN
ape-1726	92	14	(	(	PUNCT
ape-1726	92	15	organic	organic	ADJ
ape-1726	92	16	structure	structure	NOUN
ape-1726	92	17	)	)	PUNCT
ape-1726	92	18	and	and	CCONJ
ape-1726	92	19	emile	emile	PROPN
ape-1726	92	20	durkheim	durkheim	PROPN
ape-1726	92	21	provide	provide	VERB
ape-1726	92	22	a	a	DET
ape-1726	92	23	great	great	ADJ
ape-1726	92	24	insight	insight	NOUN
ape-1726	92	25	into	into	ADP
ape-1726	92	26	functional	functional	ADJ
ape-1726	92	27	society	society	NOUN
ape-1726	92	28	.	.	PUNCT
ape-1726	93	1	structural	structural	ADJ
ape-1726	93	2	functionalism	functionalism	NOUN
ape-1726	93	3	views	view	VERB
ape-1726	93	4	society	society	NOUN
ape-1726	93	5	as	as	ADP
ape-1726	93	6	interconnected	interconnected	ADJ
ape-1726	93	7	objects	object	NOUN
ape-1726	93	8	designed	design	VERB
ape-1726	93	9	to	to	PART
ape-1726	93	10	form	form	VERB
ape-1726	93	11	a	a	DET
ape-1726	93	12	whole	whole	ADJ
ape-1726	93	13	part	part	NOUN
ape-1726	93	14	.	.	PUNCT
ape-1726	94	1	the	the	DET
ape-1726	94	2	various	various	ADJ
ape-1726	94	3	organizations	organization	NOUN
ape-1726	94	4	in	in	ADP
ape-1726	94	5	the	the	DET
ape-1726	94	6	society	society	NOUN
ape-1726	94	7	are	be	AUX
ape-1726	94	8	incorporated	incorporate	VERB
ape-1726	94	9	to	to	PART
ape-1726	94	10	assist	assist	VERB
ape-1726	94	11	each	each	DET
ape-1726	94	12	other	other	ADJ
ape-1726	94	13	in	in	ADP
ape-1726	94	14	order	order	NOUN
ape-1726	94	15	to	to	PART
ape-1726	94	16	form	form	VERB
ape-1726	94	17	a	a	DET
ape-1726	94	18	holistic	holistic	ADJ
ape-1726	94	19	system	system	NOUN
ape-1726	94	20	which	which	PRON
ape-1726	94	21	works	work	VERB
ape-1726	94	22	together	together	ADV
ape-1726	94	23	to	to	PART
ape-1726	94	24	achieve	achieve	VERB
ape-1726	94	25	a	a	DET
ape-1726	94	26	common	common	ADJ
ape-1726	94	27	goal	goal	NOUN
ape-1726	94	28	.	.	PUNCT
ape-1726	95	1	according	accord	VERB
ape-1726	95	2	to	to	ADP
ape-1726	95	3	yol	yol	PROPN
ape-1726	95	4	(	(	PUNCT
ape-1726	95	5	2010	2010	NUM
ape-1726	95	6	)	)	PUNCT
ape-1726	95	7	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	95	8	he	he	PRON
ape-1726	95	9	argues	argue	VERB
ape-1726	95	10	that	that	SCONJ
ape-1726	95	11	functionalism	functionalism	NOUN
ape-1726	95	12	ensures	ensure	VERB
ape-1726	95	13	that	that	SCONJ
ape-1726	95	14	all	all	DET
ape-1726	95	15	societies	society	NOUN
ape-1726	95	16	share	share	VERB
ape-1726	95	17	the	the	DET
ape-1726	95	18	same	same	ADJ
ape-1726	95	19	norms	norm	NOUN
ape-1726	95	20	and	and	CCONJ
ape-1726	95	21	values	value	NOUN
ape-1726	95	22	while	while	SCONJ
ape-1726	95	23	these	these	DET
ape-1726	95	24	norms	norm	NOUN
ape-1726	95	25	and	and	CCONJ
ape-1726	95	26	values	value	NOUN
ape-1726	95	27	are	be	AUX
ape-1726	95	28	embodied	embody	VERB
ape-1726	95	29	in	in	ADP
ape-1726	95	30	the	the	DET
ape-1726	95	31	law	law	NOUN
ape-1726	95	32	;	;	PUNCT
ape-1726	95	33	and	and	CCONJ
ape-1726	95	34	that	that	SCONJ
ape-1726	95	35	the	the	DET
ape-1726	95	36	social	social	ADJ
ape-1726	95	37	order	order	NOUN
ape-1726	95	38	comprises	comprise	NOUN
ape-1726	95	39	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	95	40	the	the	DET
ape-1726	95	41	internalization	internalization	NOUN
ape-1726	95	42	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	95	43	these	these	DET
ape-1726	95	44	norms	norm	NOUN
ape-1726	95	45	and	and	CCONJ
ape-1726	95	46	values	value	NOUN
ape-1726	95	47	through	through	ADP
ape-1726	95	48	the	the	DET
ape-1726	95	49	roles	role	NOUN
ape-1726	95	50	performed	perform	VERB
ape-1726	95	51	by	by	ADP
ape-1726	95	52	traditional	traditional	ADJ
ape-1726	95	53	rulers	ruler	NOUN
ape-1726	95	54	in	in	ADP
ape-1726	95	55	their	their	PRON
ape-1726	95	56	communities	community	NOUN
ape-1726	95	57	.	.	PUNCT
ape-1726	96	1	durkheim	durkheim	PROPN
ape-1726	96	2	attempts	attempt	VERB
ape-1726	96	3	to	to	PART
ape-1726	96	4	explain	explain	VERB
ape-1726	96	5	the	the	DET
ape-1726	96	6	new	new	ADJ
ape-1726	96	7	relationship	relationship	NOUN
ape-1726	96	8	patterns	pattern	NOUN
ape-1726	96	9	he	he	PRON
ape-1726	96	10	observed	observe	VERB
ape-1726	96	11	by	by	ADP
ape-1726	96	12	theorizing	theorize	VERB
ape-1726	96	13	the	the	DET
ape-1726	96	14	concept	concept	NOUN
ape-1726	96	15	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	96	16	solidarity	solidarity	NOUN
ape-1726	96	17	.	.	PUNCT
ape-1726	97	1	in	in	ADP
ape-1726	97	2	“	"	PUNCT
ape-1726	97	3	division	division	NOUN
ape-1726	97	4	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	97	5	labour	labour	NOUN
ape-1726	97	6	”	"	PUNCT
ape-1726	97	7	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	97	8	durkheim	durkheim	PROPN
ape-1726	97	9	suggests	suggest	VERB
ape-1726	97	10	that	that	SCONJ
ape-1726	97	11	smaller	small	ADJ
ape-1726	97	12	communities	community	NOUN
ape-1726	97	13	are	be	AUX
ape-1726	97	14	linked	link	VERB
ape-1726	97	15	by	by	ADP
ape-1726	97	16	tradition	tradition	NOUN
ape-1726	97	17	and	and	CCONJ
ape-1726	97	18	personal	personal	ADJ
ape-1726	97	19	relationships	relationship	NOUN
ape-1726	97	20	.	.	PUNCT
ape-1726	98	1	however	however	ADV
ape-1726	98	2	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	98	3	as	as	SCONJ
ape-1726	98	4	urbanization	urbanization	NOUN
ape-1726	98	5	occurs	occur	VERB
ape-1726	98	6	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	98	7	a	a	DET
ape-1726	98	8	society	society	NOUN
ape-1726	98	9	experiences	experience	VERB
ape-1726	98	10	a	a	DET
ape-1726	98	11	denser	dense	ADJ
ape-1726	98	12	form	form	NOUN
ape-1726	98	13	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	98	14	integration	integration	NOUN
ape-1726	98	15	and	and	CCONJ
ape-1726	98	16	differentiation	differentiation	NOUN
ape-1726	98	17	and	and	CCONJ
ape-1726	98	18	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	98	19	consequently	consequently	ADV
ape-1726	98	20	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	98	21	individuals	individual	NOUN
ape-1726	98	22	must	must	AUX
ape-1726	98	23	adopt	adopt	VERB
ape-1726	98	24	more	more	ADJ
ape-1726	98	25	specialized	specialized	ADJ
ape-1726	98	26	roles	role	NOUN
ape-1726	98	27	in	in	ADP
ape-1726	98	28	order	order	NOUN
ape-1726	98	29	complement	complement	VERB
ape-1726	98	30	each	each	DET
ape-1726	98	31	other	other	ADJ
ape-1726	98	32	.	.	PUNCT
ape-1726	99	1	durkheim	durkheim	PROPN
ape-1726	99	2	describes	describe	VERB
ape-1726	99	3	the	the	DET
ape-1726	99	4	former	former	ADJ
ape-1726	99	5	as	as	ADP
ape-1726	99	6	mechanical	mechanical	ADJ
ape-1726	99	7	solidarity	solidarity	NOUN
ape-1726	99	8	while	while	SCONJ
ape-1726	99	9	the	the	DET
ape-1726	99	10	latter	latter	ADJ
ape-1726	99	11	is	be	AUX
ape-1726	99	12	considered	consider	VERB
ape-1726	99	13	as	as	ADP
ape-1726	99	14	organic	organic	ADJ
ape-1726	99	15	.	.	PUNCT
ape-1726	100	1	under	under	ADP
ape-1726	100	2	these	these	DET
ape-1726	100	3	circumstances	circumstance	NOUN
ape-1726	100	4	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	100	5	the	the	DET
ape-1726	100	6	subsequent	subsequent	ADJ
ape-1726	100	7	interaction	interaction	NOUN
ape-1726	100	8	causes	cause	VERB
ape-1726	100	9	another	another	DET
ape-1726	100	10	social	social	ADJ
ape-1726	100	11	phenomenon	phenomenon	NOUN
ape-1726	100	12	to	to	PART
ape-1726	100	13	emerge	emerge	VERB
ape-1726	100	14	;	;	PUNCT
ape-1726	100	15	one	one	NUM
ape-1726	100	16	that	that	PRON
ape-1726	100	17	is	be	AUX
ape-1726	100	18	distinct	distinct	ADJ
ape-1726	100	19	from	from	ADP
ape-1726	100	20	individuals	individual	NOUN
ape-1726	100	21	and	and	CCONJ
ape-1726	100	22	has	have	VERB
ape-1726	100	23	a	a	DET
ape-1726	100	24	life	life	NOUN
ape-1726	100	25	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	100	26	its	its	PRON
ape-1726	100	27	own	own	ADJ
ape-1726	100	28	.	.	PUNCT
ape-1726	101	1	he	he	PRON
ape-1726	101	2	describes	describe	VERB
ape-1726	101	3	this	this	DET
ape-1726	101	4	phenomenon	phenomenon	NOUN
ape-1726	101	5	as	as	ADP
ape-1726	101	6	“	"	PUNCT
ape-1726	101	7	social	social	ADJ
ape-1726	101	8	facts	fact	NOUN
ape-1726	101	9	”	"	PUNCT
ape-1726	101	10	or	or	CCONJ
ape-1726	101	11	“	"	PUNCT
ape-1726	101	12	institutions	institution	NOUN
ape-1726	101	13	”	"	PUNCT
ape-1726	101	14	(	(	PUNCT
ape-1726	101	15	these	these	PRON
ape-1726	101	16	are	be	AUX
ape-1726	101	17	norms	norm	NOUN
ape-1726	101	18	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	101	19	beliefs	belief	NOUN
ape-1726	101	20	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	101	21	morals	moral	NOUN
ape-1726	101	22	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	101	23	etc	etc	X
ape-1726	101	24	.	.	X
ape-1726	101	25	)	)	PUNCT
ape-1726	101	26	.	.	PUNCT
ape-1726	102	1	according	accord	VERB
ape-1726	102	2	to	to	ADP
ape-1726	102	3	durkheim	durkheim	PROPN
ape-1726	102	4	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	102	5	social	social	ADJ
ape-1726	102	6	integration	integration	NOUN
ape-1726	102	7	depends	depend	VERB
ape-1726	102	8	on	on	ADP
ape-1726	102	9	the	the	DET
ape-1726	102	10	proper	proper	ADJ
ape-1726	102	11	maintenance	maintenance	NOUN
ape-1726	102	12	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	102	13	this	this	DET
ape-1726	102	14	system	system	NOUN
ape-1726	102	15	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	102	16	values	value	NOUN
ape-1726	102	17	as	as	ADV
ape-1726	102	18	well	well	ADV
ape-1726	102	19	as	as	ADP
ape-1726	102	20	the	the	DET
ape-1726	102	21	extent	extent	NOUN
ape-1726	102	22	to	to	PART
ape-1726	102	23	which	which	PRON
ape-1726	102	24	they	they	PRON
ape-1726	102	25	are	be	AUX
ape-1726	102	26	commonly	commonly	ADV
ape-1726	102	27	shared	share	VERB
ape-1726	102	28	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	102	29	by	by	ADP
ape-1726	102	30	what	what	PRON
ape-1726	102	31	he	he	PRON
ape-1726	102	32	refers	refer	VERB
ape-1726	102	33	to	to	ADP
ape-1726	102	34	as	as	ADP
ape-1726	102	35	the	the	DET
ape-1726	102	36	“	"	PUNCT
ape-1726	102	37	collective	collective	ADJ
ape-1726	102	38	conscience	conscience	NOUN
ape-1726	102	39	”	"	PUNCT
ape-1726	102	40	(	(	PUNCT
ape-1726	102	41	durkheim	durkheim	PROPN
ape-1726	102	42	&	&	CCONJ
ape-1726	102	43	halls	hall	NOUN
ape-1726	102	44	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	102	45	1984	1984	NUM
ape-1726	102	46	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	102	47	cited	cite	VERB
ape-1726	102	48	in	in	ADP
ape-1726	102	49	harper	harper	NOUN
ape-1726	102	50	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	102	51	2011	2011	NUM
ape-1726	102	52	)	)	PUNCT
ape-1726	102	53	.	.	PUNCT
ape-1726	103	1	chiefs	chief	NOUN
ape-1726	103	2	and	and	CCONJ
ape-1726	103	3	kings	king	NOUN
ape-1726	103	4	have	have	AUX
ape-1726	103	5	for	for	ADP
ape-1726	103	6	centuries	century	NOUN
ape-1726	103	7	been	be	AUX
ape-1726	103	8	custodians	custodian	NOUN
ape-1726	103	9	www.scholink.org/ojs/index.php/ape	www.scholink.org/ojs/index.php/ape	NOUN
ape-1726	103	10	advances	advance	NOUN
ape-1726	103	11	in	in	ADP
ape-1726	103	12	politics	politic	NOUN
ape-1726	103	13	and	and	CCONJ
ape-1726	103	14	economic	economic	ADJ
ape-1726	103	15	vol	vol	NOUN
ape-1726	103	16	.	.	PROPN
ape-1726	104	1	2	2	NUM
ape-1726	104	2	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	104	3	no	no	INTJ
ape-1726	104	4	.	.	NOUN
ape-1726	104	5	1	1	NUM
ape-1726	104	6	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	104	7	2019	2019	NUM
ape-1726	104	8	7	7	NUM
ape-1726	104	9	published	publish	VERB
ape-1726	104	10	by	by	ADP
ape-1726	104	11	scholink	scholink	PROPN
ape-1726	104	12	inc	inc	PROPN
ape-1726	104	13	.	.	PROPN
ape-1726	104	14	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	104	15	africa	africa	PROPN
ape-1726	104	16	/	/	SYM
ape-1726	104	17	s	s	PART
ape-1726	104	18	culture	culture	NOUN
ape-1726	104	19	and	and	CCONJ
ape-1726	104	20	heritage	heritage	NOUN
ape-1726	104	21	.	.	PUNCT
ape-1726	105	1	they	they	PRON
ape-1726	105	2	have	have	AUX
ape-1726	105	3	also	also	ADV
ape-1726	105	4	been	be	AUX
ape-1726	105	5	a	a	DET
ape-1726	105	6	symbol	symbol	NOUN
ape-1726	105	7	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	105	8	the	the	DET
ape-1726	105	9	people	people	NOUN
ape-1726	105	10	’s	’s	PART
ape-1726	105	11	voice	voice	NOUN
ape-1726	105	12	.	.	PUNCT
ape-1726	106	1	however	however	ADV
ape-1726	106	2	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	106	3	they	they	PRON
ape-1726	106	4	have	have	VERB
ape-1726	106	5	authority	authority	NOUN
ape-1726	106	6	over	over	ADP
ape-1726	106	7	traditional	traditional	ADJ
ape-1726	106	8	laws	law	NOUN
ape-1726	106	9	and	and	CCONJ
ape-1726	106	10	customs	custom	NOUN
ape-1726	106	11	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	106	12	and	and	CCONJ
ape-1726	106	13	chiefs	chief	NOUN
ape-1726	106	14	have	have	VERB
ape-1726	106	15	a	a	DET
ape-1726	106	16	great	great	ADJ
ape-1726	106	17	deal	deal	NOUN
ape-1726	106	18	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	106	19	influence	influence	NOUN
ape-1726	106	20	in	in	ADP
ape-1726	106	21	the	the	DET
ape-1726	106	22	community	community	NOUN
ape-1726	106	23	(	(	PUNCT
ape-1726	106	24	bbc	bbc	PROPN
ape-1726	106	25	news	news	PROPN
ape-1726	106	26	friday	friday	PROPN
ape-1726	106	27	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	106	28	2004	2004	NUM
ape-1726	106	29	)	)	PUNCT
ape-1726	106	30	.	.	PUNCT
ape-1726	107	1	therefore	therefore	ADV
ape-1726	107	2	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	107	3	traditional	traditional	ADJ
ape-1726	107	4	rulership	rulership	NOUN
ape-1726	107	5	institution	institution	NOUN
ape-1726	107	6	becomes	become	VERB
ape-1726	107	7	crucial	crucial	ADJ
ape-1726	107	8	element	element	NOUN
ape-1726	107	9	in	in	ADP
ape-1726	107	10	the	the	DET
ape-1726	107	11	functional	functional	ADJ
ape-1726	107	12	society	society	NOUN
ape-1726	107	13	;	;	PUNCT
ape-1726	107	14	it	it	PRON
ape-1726	107	15	regulates	regulate	VERB
ape-1726	107	16	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	107	17	normalizes	normalize	VERB
ape-1726	107	18	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	107	19	contributes	contribute	VERB
ape-1726	107	20	and	and	CCONJ
ape-1726	107	21	partakes	partake	VERB
ape-1726	107	22	in	in	ADP
ape-1726	107	23	the	the	DET
ape-1726	107	24	societal	societal	ADJ
ape-1726	107	25	activities	activity	NOUN
ape-1726	107	26	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	107	27	thus	thus	ADV
ape-1726	107	28	seen	see	VERB
ape-1726	107	29	as	as	ADP
ape-1726	107	30	viable	viable	ADJ
ape-1726	107	31	instrument	instrument	NOUN
ape-1726	107	32	in	in	ADP
ape-1726	107	33	nigerian	nigerian	ADJ
ape-1726	107	34	electoral	electoral	ADJ
ape-1726	107	35	processes	process	NOUN
ape-1726	107	36	because	because	SCONJ
ape-1726	107	37	its	its	PRON
ape-1726	107	38	roles	role	NOUN
ape-1726	107	39	are	be	AUX
ape-1726	107	40	immeasurable	immeasurable	ADJ
ape-1726	107	41	in	in	ADP
ape-1726	107	42	the	the	DET
ape-1726	107	43	peaceful	peaceful	ADJ
ape-1726	107	44	political	political	ADJ
ape-1726	107	45	conducts	conduct	NOUN
ape-1726	107	46	in	in	ADP
ape-1726	107	47	the	the	DET
ape-1726	107	48	society	society	NOUN
ape-1726	107	49	.	.	PUNCT
ape-1726	108	1	tonwe	tonwe	NOUN
ape-1726	108	2	and	and	CCONJ
ape-1726	108	3	osemwota	osemwota	NOUN
ape-1726	108	4	(	(	PUNCT
ape-1726	108	5	2013	2013	NUM
ape-1726	108	6	)	)	PUNCT
ape-1726	108	7	observed	observe	VERB
ape-1726	108	8	that	that	SCONJ
ape-1726	108	9	the	the	DET
ape-1726	108	10	traditional	traditional	ADJ
ape-1726	108	11	ruler	ruler	NOUN
ape-1726	108	12	formed	form	VERB
ape-1726	108	13	the	the	DET
ape-1726	108	14	nucleus	nucleus	NOUN
ape-1726	108	15	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	108	16	governance	governance	NOUN
ape-1726	108	17	.	.	PUNCT
ape-1726	109	1	one	one	NUM
ape-1726	109	2	striking	striking	ADJ
ape-1726	109	3	fact	fact	NOUN
ape-1726	109	4	is	be	AUX
ape-1726	109	5	that	that	SCONJ
ape-1726	109	6	the	the	DET
ape-1726	109	7	geographical	geographical	ADJ
ape-1726	109	8	spheres	sphere	NOUN
ape-1726	109	9	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	109	10	authority	authority	NOUN
ape-1726	109	11	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	109	12	these	these	DET
ape-1726	109	13	traditional	traditional	ADJ
ape-1726	109	14	rulers	ruler	NOUN
ape-1726	109	15	are	be	AUX
ape-1726	109	16	essentially	essentially	ADV
ape-1726	109	17	localized	localized	ADJ
ape-1726	109	18	and	and	CCONJ
ape-1726	109	19	no	no	DET
ape-1726	109	20	traditional	traditional	ADJ
ape-1726	109	21	ruler	ruler	NOUN
ape-1726	109	22	ever	ever	ADV
ape-1726	109	23	had	have	VERB
ape-1726	109	24	jurisdiction	jurisdiction	NOUN
ape-1726	109	25	over	over	ADP
ape-1726	109	26	the	the	DET
ape-1726	109	27	entire	entire	ADJ
ape-1726	109	28	geographical	geographical	ADJ
ape-1726	109	29	area	area	NOUN
ape-1726	109	30	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	109	31	modern	modern	ADJ
ape-1726	109	32	nigeria	nigeria	PROPN
ape-1726	109	33	.	.	PUNCT
ape-1726	110	1	similarly	similarly	ADV
ape-1726	110	2	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	110	3	erero	erero	NOUN
ape-1726	110	4	(	(	PUNCT
ape-1726	110	5	2005	2005	NUM
ape-1726	110	6	)	)	PUNCT
ape-1726	110	7	posits	posit	NOUN
ape-1726	110	8	that	that	PRON
ape-1726	110	9	given	give	VERB
ape-1726	110	10	the	the	DET
ape-1726	110	11	considerable	considerable	ADJ
ape-1726	110	12	diversity	diversity	NOUN
ape-1726	110	13	and	and	CCONJ
ape-1726	110	14	cultural	cultural	ADJ
ape-1726	110	15	heterogeneity	heterogeneity	NOUN
ape-1726	110	16	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	110	17	nigerian	nigerian	ADJ
ape-1726	110	18	society	society	NOUN
ape-1726	110	19	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	110	20	any	any	DET
ape-1726	110	21	generalizations	generalization	NOUN
ape-1726	110	22	on	on	ADP
ape-1726	110	23	traditional	traditional	ADJ
ape-1726	110	24	structures	structure	NOUN
ape-1726	110	25	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	110	26	government	government	NOUN
ape-1726	110	27	would	would	AUX
ape-1726	110	28	be	be	AUX
ape-1726	110	29	pretentious	pretentious	ADJ
ape-1726	110	30	.	.	PUNCT
ape-1726	111	1	in	in	ADP
ape-1726	111	2	the	the	DET
ape-1726	111	3	foregoing	foregoing	NOUN
ape-1726	111	4	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	111	5	it	it	PRON
ape-1726	111	6	is	be	AUX
ape-1726	111	7	evident	evident	ADJ
ape-1726	111	8	that	that	SCONJ
ape-1726	111	9	traditional	traditional	ADJ
ape-1726	111	10	rulers	ruler	NOUN
ape-1726	111	11	are	be	AUX
ape-1726	111	12	recognized	recognize	VERB
ape-1726	111	13	as	as	ADP
ape-1726	111	14	one	one	NUM
ape-1726	111	15	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	111	16	the	the	DET
ape-1726	111	17	significant	significant	ADJ
ape-1726	111	18	social	social	ADJ
ape-1726	111	19	institutions	institution	NOUN
ape-1726	111	20	which	which	PRON
ape-1726	111	21	regulate	regulate	VERB
ape-1726	111	22	the	the	DET
ape-1726	111	23	functionality	functionality	NOUN
ape-1726	111	24	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	111	25	african	african	ADJ
ape-1726	111	26	political	political	ADJ
ape-1726	111	27	system	system	NOUN
ape-1726	111	28	.	.	PUNCT
ape-1726	112	1	their	their	PRON
ape-1726	112	2	role	role	NOUN
ape-1726	112	3	is	be	AUX
ape-1726	112	4	very	very	ADV
ape-1726	112	5	crucial	crucial	ADJ
ape-1726	112	6	in	in	ADP
ape-1726	112	7	the	the	DET
ape-1726	112	8	sustenance	sustenance	NOUN
ape-1726	112	9	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	112	10	democratic	democratic	ADJ
ape-1726	112	11	governance	governance	NOUN
ape-1726	112	12	as	as	SCONJ
ape-1726	112	13	it	it	PRON
ape-1726	112	14	reflects	reflect	VERB
ape-1726	112	15	in	in	ADP
ape-1726	112	16	colonial	colonial	ADJ
ape-1726	112	17	regime	regime	NOUN
ape-1726	112	18	as	as	ADP
ape-1726	112	19	a	a	DET
ape-1726	112	20	viable	viable	ADJ
ape-1726	112	21	instrument	instrument	NOUN
ape-1726	112	22	for	for	ADP
ape-1726	112	23	the	the	DET
ape-1726	112	24	realization	realization	NOUN
ape-1726	112	25	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	112	26	general	general	ADJ
ape-1726	112	27	administration	administration	NOUN
ape-1726	112	28	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	112	29	government	government	NOUN
ape-1726	112	30	in	in	ADP
ape-1726	112	31	nigeria	nigeria	PROPN
ape-1726	112	32	.	.	PUNCT
ape-1726	113	1	2.1.2	2.1.2	NUM
ape-1726	113	2	traditional	traditional	ADJ
ape-1726	113	3	rulers	ruler	NOUN
ape-1726	113	4	and	and	CCONJ
ape-1726	113	5	the	the	DET
ape-1726	113	6	nigerian	nigerian	ADJ
ape-1726	113	7	electoral	electoral	ADJ
ape-1726	113	8	process	process	NOUN
ape-1726	113	9	:	:	PUNCT
ape-1726	113	10	gain	gain	VERB
ape-1726	113	11	or	or	CCONJ
ape-1726	113	12	pain	pain	VERB
ape-1726	113	13	this	this	DET
ape-1726	113	14	section	section	NOUN
ape-1726	113	15	evaluates	evaluate	VERB
ape-1726	113	16	the	the	DET
ape-1726	113	17	views	view	NOUN
ape-1726	113	18	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	113	19	scholars	scholar	NOUN
ape-1726	113	20	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	113	21	tagged	tag	VERB
ape-1726	113	22	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	113	23	“	"	PUNCT
ape-1726	113	24	traditional	traditional	ADJ
ape-1726	113	25	rulers	ruler	NOUN
ape-1726	113	26	and	and	CCONJ
ape-1726	113	27	the	the	DET
ape-1726	113	28	nigerian	nigerian	ADJ
ape-1726	113	29	electoral	electoral	ADJ
ape-1726	113	30	process	process	NOUN
ape-1726	113	31	:	:	PUNCT
ape-1726	113	32	gain	gain	NOUN
ape-1726	113	33	or	or	CCONJ
ape-1726	113	34	pain	pain	NOUN
ape-1726	113	35	”	"	PUNCT
ape-1726	113	36	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	113	37	and	and	CCONJ
ape-1726	113	38	responses	response	NOUN
ape-1726	113	39	from	from	ADP
ape-1726	113	40	field	field	NOUN
ape-1726	113	41	survey	survey	NOUN
ape-1726	113	42	systematically	systematically	ADV
ape-1726	113	43	complement	complement	VERB
ape-1726	113	44	the	the	DET
ape-1726	113	45	analysis	analysis	NOUN
ape-1726	113	46	.	.	PUNCT
ape-1726	114	1	the	the	DET
ape-1726	114	2	survey	survey	NOUN
ape-1726	114	3	data	datum	NOUN
ape-1726	114	4	comprised	comprise	VERB
ape-1726	114	5	careful	careful	ADJ
ape-1726	114	6	use	use	NOUN
ape-1726	114	7	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	114	8	responses	response	NOUN
ape-1726	114	9	from	from	ADP
ape-1726	114	10	select	select	ADJ
ape-1726	114	11	traditional	traditional	ADJ
ape-1726	114	12	rulers	ruler	NOUN
ape-1726	114	13	’	’	PART
ape-1726	114	14	councils	council	NOUN
ape-1726	114	15	in	in	ADP
ape-1726	114	16	anambra	anambra	PROPN
ape-1726	114	17	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	114	18	edo	edo	PROPN
ape-1726	114	19	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	114	20	oyo	oyo	NOUN
ape-1726	114	21	and	and	CCONJ
ape-1726	114	22	kwara	kwara	PROPN
ape-1726	114	23	states	state	NOUN
ape-1726	114	24	;	;	PUNCT
ape-1726	114	25	drawn	draw	VERB
ape-1726	114	26	from	from	ADP
ape-1726	114	27	south	south	PROPN
ape-1726	114	28	-	-	PUNCT
ape-1726	114	29	east	east	NOUN
ape-1726	114	30	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	114	31	south	south	NOUN
ape-1726	114	32	-	-	PUNCT
ape-1726	114	33	south	south	NOUN
ape-1726	114	34	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	114	35	south	south	NOUN
ape-1726	114	36	-	-	PUNCT
ape-1726	114	37	west	west	NOUN
ape-1726	114	38	and	and	CCONJ
ape-1726	114	39	north	north	NOUN
ape-1726	114	40	-	-	PUNCT
ape-1726	114	41	central	central	ADJ
ape-1726	114	42	geopolitical	geopolitical	ADJ
ape-1726	114	43	zones	zone	NOUN
ape-1726	114	44	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	114	45	nigeria	nigeria	PRON
ape-1726	114	46	between	between	ADP
ape-1726	114	47	2012	2012	NUM
ape-1726	114	48	and	and	CCONJ
ape-1726	114	49	2013	2013	NUM
ape-1726	114	50	.	.	PUNCT
ape-1726	115	1	the	the	DET
ape-1726	115	2	data	datum	NOUN
ape-1726	115	3	were	be	AUX
ape-1726	115	4	purposively	purposively	ADV
ape-1726	115	5	selected	select	VERB
ape-1726	115	6	since	since	SCONJ
ape-1726	115	7	elections	election	NOUN
ape-1726	115	8	were	be	AUX
ape-1726	115	9	conducted	conduct	VERB
ape-1726	115	10	in	in	ADP
ape-1726	115	11	those	those	DET
ape-1726	115	12	zones	zone	NOUN
ape-1726	115	13	that	that	PRON
ape-1726	115	14	engaged	engage	VERB
ape-1726	115	15	the	the	DET
ape-1726	115	16	services	service	NOUN
ape-1726	115	17	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	115	18	traditional	traditional	ADJ
ape-1726	115	19	rulers	ruler	NOUN
ape-1726	115	20	in	in	ADP
ape-1726	115	21	terms	term	NOUN
ape-1726	115	22	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	115	23	consultation	consultation	NOUN
ape-1726	115	24	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	115	25	political	political	ADJ
ape-1726	115	26	meetings	meeting	NOUN
ape-1726	115	27	/	/	SYM
ape-1726	115	28	courtesy	courtesy	NOUN
ape-1726	115	29	calls	call	NOUN
ape-1726	115	30	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	115	31	blessing	blessing	NOUN
ape-1726	115	32	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	115	33	advice	advice	NOUN
ape-1726	115	34	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	115	35	and	and	CCONJ
ape-1726	115	36	importantly	importantly	ADV
ape-1726	115	37	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	115	38	voters	voter	NOUN
ape-1726	115	39	’	'	PUNCT
ape-1726	115	40	education	education	NOUN
ape-1726	115	41	.	.	PUNCT
ape-1726	116	1	the	the	DET
ape-1726	116	2	analysis	analysis	NOUN
ape-1726	116	3	covers	cover	VERB
ape-1726	116	4	aspects	aspect	NOUN
ape-1726	116	5	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	116	6	structural	structural	ADJ
ape-1726	116	7	functionalism	functionalism	NOUN
ape-1726	116	8	that	that	PRON
ape-1726	116	9	are	be	AUX
ape-1726	116	10	tied	tie	VERB
ape-1726	116	11	to	to	ADP
ape-1726	116	12	electoral	electoral	ADJ
ape-1726	116	13	process	process	NOUN
ape-1726	116	14	where	where	SCONJ
ape-1726	116	15	traditional	traditional	ADJ
ape-1726	116	16	rulers	ruler	NOUN
ape-1726	116	17	were	be	AUX
ape-1726	116	18	actively	actively	ADV
ape-1726	116	19	involved	involve	VERB
ape-1726	116	20	as	as	ADV
ape-1726	116	21	well	well	ADV
ape-1726	116	22	as	as	ADP
ape-1726	116	23	their	their	PRON
ape-1726	116	24	subjects	subject	NOUN
ape-1726	116	25	.	.	PUNCT
ape-1726	117	1	historically	historically	ADV
ape-1726	117	2	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	117	3	african	african	ADJ
ape-1726	117	4	traditional	traditional	ADJ
ape-1726	117	5	institutions	institution	NOUN
ape-1726	117	6	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	117	7	governance	governance	NOUN
ape-1726	117	8	are	be	AUX
ape-1726	117	9	diverse	diverse	ADJ
ape-1726	117	10	.	.	PUNCT
ape-1726	118	1	they	they	PRON
ape-1726	118	2	have	have	AUX
ape-1726	118	3	evolved	evolve	VERB
ape-1726	118	4	significantly	significantly	ADV
ape-1726	118	5	from	from	ADP
ape-1726	118	6	their	their	PRON
ape-1726	118	7	pre	pre	ADJ
ape-1726	118	8	-	-	ADJ
ape-1726	118	9	colonial	colonial	ADJ
ape-1726	118	10	forms	form	NOUN
ape-1726	118	11	in	in	ADP
ape-1726	118	12	tandem	tandem	NOUN
ape-1726	118	13	with	with	ADP
ape-1726	118	14	transformation	transformation	NOUN
ape-1726	118	15	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	118	16	the	the	DET
ape-1726	118	17	continent	continent	NOUN
ape-1726	118	18	’s	’s	PART
ape-1726	118	19	political	political	ADJ
ape-1726	118	20	systems	system	NOUN
ape-1726	118	21	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	118	22	during	during	ADP
ape-1726	118	23	the	the	DET
ape-1726	118	24	colonial	colonial	ADJ
ape-1726	118	25	and	and	CCONJ
ape-1726	118	26	post	post	ADJ
ape-1726	118	27	-	-	ADJ
ape-1726	118	28	colonial	colonial	ADJ
ape-1726	118	29	eras	era	NOUN
ape-1726	118	30	.	.	PUNCT
ape-1726	119	1	despite	despite	SCONJ
ape-1726	119	2	their	their	PRON
ape-1726	119	3	complex	complex	ADJ
ape-1726	119	4	diversity	diversity	NOUN
ape-1726	119	5	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	119	6	much	much	ADJ
ape-1726	119	7	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	119	8	the	the	DET
ape-1726	119	9	post	post	ADJ
ape-1726	119	10	-	-	ADJ
ape-1726	119	11	independence	independence	ADJ
ape-1726	119	12	literature	literature	NOUN
ape-1726	119	13	classifies	classify	VERB
ape-1726	119	14	african	african	ADJ
ape-1726	119	15	traditional	traditional	ADJ
ape-1726	119	16	institutions	institution	NOUN
ape-1726	119	17	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	119	18	governance	governance	NOUN
ape-1726	119	19	into	into	ADP
ape-1726	119	20	two	two	NUM
ape-1726	119	21	types	type	NOUN
ape-1726	119	22	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	119	23	based	base	VERB
ape-1726	119	24	on	on	ADP
ape-1726	119	25	their	their	PRON
ape-1726	119	26	pre	pre	ADJ
ape-1726	119	27	-	-	ADJ
ape-1726	119	28	colonial	colonial	ADJ
ape-1726	119	29	forms	form	NOUN
ape-1726	119	30	:	:	PUNCT
ape-1726	119	31	(	(	PUNCT
ape-1726	119	32	a	a	X
ape-1726	119	33	)	)	PUNCT
ape-1726	119	34	the	the	DET
ape-1726	119	35	consensus	consensus	NOUN
ape-1726	119	36	-	-	PUNCT
ape-1726	119	37	based	base	VERB
ape-1726	119	38	systems	system	NOUN
ape-1726	119	39	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	119	40	the	the	DET
ape-1726	119	41	decentralized	decentralized	ADJ
ape-1726	119	42	pre	pre	ADJ
ape-1726	119	43	-	-	ADJ
ape-1726	119	44	colonial	colonial	ADJ
ape-1726	119	45	political	political	ADJ
ape-1726	119	46	systems	system	NOUN
ape-1726	119	47	;	;	PUNCT
ape-1726	119	48	and	and	CCONJ
ape-1726	119	49	(	(	PUNCT
ape-1726	119	50	b	b	X
ape-1726	119	51	)	)	PUNCT
ape-1726	119	52	chieftaincy	chieftaincy	NOUN
ape-1726	119	53	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	119	54	the	the	DET
ape-1726	119	55	centralized	centralized	ADJ
ape-1726	119	56	political	political	ADJ
ape-1726	119	57	systems	system	NOUN
ape-1726	119	58	(	(	PUNCT
ape-1726	119	59	economic	economic	ADJ
ape-1726	119	60	commission	commission	NOUN
ape-1726	119	61	for	for	ADP
ape-1726	119	62	africa	africa	PROPN
ape-1726	119	63	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	119	64	2010	2010	NUM
ape-1726	119	65	)	)	PUNCT
ape-1726	119	66	.	.	PUNCT
ape-1726	120	1	the	the	DET
ape-1726	120	2	intrusion	intrusion	NOUN
ape-1726	120	3	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	120	4	colonialism	colonialism	NOUN
ape-1726	120	5	dismantled	dismantle	VERB
ape-1726	120	6	the	the	DET
ape-1726	120	7	structures	structure	NOUN
ape-1726	120	8	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	120	9	traditional	traditional	ADJ
ape-1726	120	10	absolutism	absolutism	NOUN
ape-1726	120	11	in	in	ADP
ape-1726	120	12	virtually	virtually	ADV
ape-1726	120	13	all	all	DET
ape-1726	120	14	the	the	DET
ape-1726	120	15	indigenous	indigenous	ADJ
ape-1726	120	16	ethnic	ethnic	ADJ
ape-1726	120	17	nationalities	nationality	NOUN
ape-1726	120	18	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	120	19	the	the	DET
ape-1726	120	20	south	south	ADJ
ape-1726	120	21	-	-	PUNCT
ape-1726	120	22	south	south	NOUN
ape-1726	120	23	zone	zone	NOUN
ape-1726	120	24	in	in	ADP
ape-1726	120	25	the	the	DET
ape-1726	120	26	nigeria	nigeria	PROPN
ape-1726	120	27	.	.	PUNCT
ape-1726	121	1	the	the	DET
ape-1726	121	2	use	use	NOUN
ape-1726	121	3	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	121	4	gunboat	gunboat	NOUN
ape-1726	121	5	diplomacy	diplomacy	NOUN
ape-1726	121	6	and	and	CCONJ
ape-1726	121	7	brute	brute	ADJ
ape-1726	121	8	force	force	NOUN
ape-1726	121	9	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	121	10	cowered	cower	VERB
ape-1726	121	11	these	these	DET
ape-1726	121	12	paramount	paramount	ADJ
ape-1726	121	13	rulers	ruler	NOUN
ape-1726	121	14	into	into	ADP
ape-1726	121	15	submission	submission	NOUN
ape-1726	121	16	in	in	ADP
ape-1726	121	17	the	the	DET
ape-1726	121	18	face	face	NOUN
ape-1726	121	19	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	121	20	a	a	DET
ape-1726	121	21	more	more	ADV
ape-1726	121	22	sophisticated	sophisticated	ADJ
ape-1726	121	23	weaponry	weaponry	NOUN
ape-1726	121	24	and	and	CCONJ
ape-1726	121	25	tactics	tactic	NOUN
ape-1726	121	26	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	121	27	the	the	DET
ape-1726	121	28	west	west	NOUN
ape-1726	121	29	(	(	PUNCT
ape-1726	121	30	orji	orji	NOUN
ape-1726	121	31	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	121	32	2013	2013	NUM
ape-1726	121	33	)	)	PUNCT
ape-1726	121	34	.	.	PUNCT
ape-1726	122	1	the	the	DET
ape-1726	122	2	lyttelton	lyttelton	PROPN
ape-1726	122	3	constitution	constitution	NOUN
ape-1726	122	4	1954	1954	NUM
ape-1726	122	5	(	(	PUNCT
ape-1726	122	6	revised	revise	VERB
ape-1726	122	7	in	in	ADP
ape-1726	122	8	1957	1957	NUM
ape-1726	122	9	)	)	PUNCT
ape-1726	122	10	greatly	greatly	ADV
ape-1726	122	11	reduced	reduce	VERB
ape-1726	122	12	the	the	DET
ape-1726	122	13	constitutional	constitutional	ADJ
ape-1726	122	14	powers	power	NOUN
ape-1726	122	15	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	122	16	the	the	DET
ape-1726	122	17	traditional	traditional	ADJ
ape-1726	122	18	rulers	ruler	NOUN
ape-1726	122	19	both	both	CCONJ
ape-1726	122	20	at	at	ADP
ape-1726	122	21	the	the	DET
ape-1726	122	22	centre	centre	NOUN
ape-1726	122	23	and	and	CCONJ
ape-1726	122	24	in	in	ADP
ape-1726	122	25	the	the	DET
ape-1726	122	26	regions	region	NOUN
ape-1726	122	27	.	.	PUNCT
ape-1726	123	1	at	at	ADP
ape-1726	123	2	the	the	DET
ape-1726	123	3	federal	federal	ADJ
ape-1726	123	4	level	level	NOUN
ape-1726	123	5	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	123	6	the	the	DET
ape-1726	123	7	legislature	legislature	NOUN
ape-1726	123	8	was	be	AUX
ape-1726	123	9	divided	divide	VERB
ape-1726	123	10	www.scholink.org/ojs/index.php/ape	www.scholink.org/ojs/index.php/ape	NOUN
ape-1726	123	11	advances	advance	NOUN
ape-1726	123	12	in	in	ADP
ape-1726	123	13	politics	politic	NOUN
ape-1726	123	14	and	and	CCONJ
ape-1726	123	15	economic	economic	ADJ
ape-1726	123	16	vol	vol	NOUN
ape-1726	123	17	.	.	PROPN
ape-1726	124	1	2	2	NUM
ape-1726	124	2	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	124	3	no	no	INTJ
ape-1726	124	4	.	.	NOUN
ape-1726	124	5	1	1	NUM
ape-1726	124	6	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	124	7	2019	2019	NUM
ape-1726	124	8	8	8	NUM
ape-1726	124	9	published	publish	VERB
ape-1726	124	10	by	by	ADP
ape-1726	124	11	scholink	scholink	PROPN
ape-1726	124	12	inc	inc	PROPN
ape-1726	124	13	.	.	PROPN
ape-1726	124	14	into	into	ADP
ape-1726	124	15	two	two	NUM
ape-1726	124	16	houses	house	NOUN
ape-1726	124	17	:	:	PUNCT
ape-1726	124	18	the	the	DET
ape-1726	124	19	senate	senate	PROPN
ape-1726	124	20	and	and	CCONJ
ape-1726	124	21	the	the	DET
ape-1726	124	22	house	house	NOUN
ape-1726	124	23	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	124	24	representatives	representatives	PROPN
ape-1726	124	25	.	.	PUNCT
ape-1726	125	1	the	the	DET
ape-1726	125	2	senate	senate	PROPN
ape-1726	125	3	was	be	AUX
ape-1726	125	4	composed	compose	VERB
ape-1726	125	5	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	125	6	12	12	NUM
ape-1726	125	7	representatives	representative	NOUN
ape-1726	125	8	appointed	appoint	VERB
ape-1726	125	9	by	by	ADP
ape-1726	125	10	the	the	DET
ape-1726	125	11	governors	governor	NOUN
ape-1726	125	12	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	125	13	the	the	DET
ape-1726	125	14	regions	region	NOUN
ape-1726	125	15	.	.	PUNCT
ape-1726	126	1	the	the	DET
ape-1726	126	2	governor	governor	NOUN
ape-1726	126	3	-	-	PUNCT
ape-1726	126	4	general	general	NOUN
ape-1726	126	5	also	also	ADV
ape-1726	126	6	appointed	appoint	VERB
ape-1726	126	7	two	two	NUM
ape-1726	126	8	representatives	representative	NOUN
ape-1726	126	9	for	for	ADP
ape-1726	126	10	lagos	lago	NOUN
ape-1726	126	11	while	while	SCONJ
ape-1726	126	12	the	the	DET
ape-1726	126	13	chiefs	chief	NOUN
ape-1726	126	14	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	126	15	lagos	lago	NOUN
ape-1726	126	16	elected	elect	VERB
ape-1726	126	17	one	one	NUM
ape-1726	126	18	.	.	PUNCT
ape-1726	127	1	the	the	DET
ape-1726	127	2	oba	oba	PROPN
ape-1726	127	3	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	127	4	lagos	lagos	PROPN
ape-1726	127	5	was	be	AUX
ape-1726	127	6	automatically	automatically	ADV
ape-1726	127	7	a	a	DET
ape-1726	127	8	member	member	NOUN
ape-1726	127	9	.	.	PUNCT
ape-1726	128	1	the	the	DET
ape-1726	128	2	house	house	PROPN
ape-1726	128	3	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	128	4	representatives	representative	NOUN
ape-1726	128	5	consisted	consist	VERB
ape-1726	128	6	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	128	7	320	320	NUM
ape-1726	128	8	members	member	NOUN
ape-1726	128	9	who	who	PRON
ape-1726	128	10	were	be	AUX
ape-1726	128	11	directly	directly	ADV
ape-1726	128	12	elected	elect	VERB
ape-1726	128	13	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	128	14	for	for	ADP
ape-1726	128	15	the	the	DET
ape-1726	128	16	first	first	ADJ
ape-1726	128	17	time	time	NOUN
ape-1726	128	18	;	;	PUNCT
ape-1726	128	19	the	the	DET
ape-1726	128	20	house	house	NOUN
ape-1726	128	21	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	128	22	chiefs	chief	NOUN
ape-1726	128	23	played	play	VERB
ape-1726	128	24	no	no	DET
ape-1726	128	25	role	role	NOUN
ape-1726	128	26	in	in	ADP
ape-1726	128	27	this	this	DET
ape-1726	128	28	process	process	NOUN
ape-1726	128	29	.	.	PUNCT
ape-1726	129	1	members	member	NOUN
ape-1726	129	2	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	129	3	the	the	DET
ape-1726	129	4	house	house	PROPN
ape-1726	129	5	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	129	6	chiefs	chief	NOUN
ape-1726	129	7	were	be	AUX
ape-1726	129	8	not	not	PART
ape-1726	129	9	allowed	allow	VERB
ape-1726	129	10	to	to	PART
ape-1726	129	11	be	be	AUX
ape-1726	129	12	members	member	NOUN
ape-1726	129	13	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	129	14	the	the	DET
ape-1726	129	15	senate	senate	PROPN
ape-1726	129	16	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	129	17	nor	nor	CCONJ
ape-1726	129	18	member	member	NOUN
ape-1726	129	19	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	129	20	any	any	DET
ape-1726	129	21	regional	regional	ADJ
ape-1726	129	22	legislature	legislature	NOUN
ape-1726	129	23	(	(	PUNCT
ape-1726	129	24	fajonyomi	fajonyomi	PROPN
ape-1726	129	25	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	129	26	n.d	n.d	PROPN
ape-1726	129	27	.	.	PROPN
ape-1726	129	28	)	)	PUNCT
ape-1726	129	29	.	.	PUNCT
ape-1726	130	1	observably	observably	ADV
ape-1726	130	2	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	130	3	the	the	DET
ape-1726	130	4	gradual	gradual	ADJ
ape-1726	130	5	relegation	relegation	NOUN
ape-1726	130	6	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	130	7	constitutional	constitutional	ADJ
ape-1726	130	8	powers	power	NOUN
ape-1726	130	9	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	130	10	the	the	DET
ape-1726	130	11	kings	king	NOUN
ape-1726	130	12	set	set	VERB
ape-1726	130	13	in	in	ADP
ape-1726	130	14	after	after	ADP
ape-1726	130	15	this	this	DET
ape-1726	130	16	period	period	NOUN
ape-1726	130	17	.	.	PUNCT
ape-1726	131	1	a	a	DET
ape-1726	131	2	review	review	NOUN
ape-1726	131	3	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	131	4	extant	extant	ADJ
ape-1726	131	5	literatures	literature	NOUN
ape-1726	131	6	on	on	ADP
ape-1726	131	7	traditional	traditional	ADJ
ape-1726	131	8	rulership	rulership	NOUN
ape-1726	131	9	institutions	institution	NOUN
ape-1726	131	10	revealed	reveal	VERB
ape-1726	131	11	the	the	DET
ape-1726	131	12	rationale	rationale	NOUN
ape-1726	131	13	behind	behind	ADP
ape-1726	131	14	their	their	PRON
ape-1726	131	15	institutional	institutional	ADJ
ape-1726	131	16	demotion	demotion	NOUN
ape-1726	131	17	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	131	18	which	which	PRON
ape-1726	131	19	includes	include	VERB
ape-1726	131	20	:	:	PUNCT
ape-1726	131	21	self	self	NOUN
ape-1726	131	22	-	-	PUNCT
ape-1726	131	23	inflicted	inflict	VERB
ape-1726	131	24	(	(	PUNCT
ape-1726	131	25	partisanship	partisanship	NOUN
ape-1726	131	26	in	in	ADP
ape-1726	131	27	politics	politic	NOUN
ape-1726	131	28	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	131	29	defecation	defecation	NOUN
ape-1726	131	30	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	131	31	traditional	traditional	ADJ
ape-1726	131	32	values	value	NOUN
ape-1726	131	33	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	131	34	lack	lack	NOUN
ape-1726	131	35	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	131	36	integrity	integrity	NOUN
ape-1726	131	37	by	by	ADP
ape-1726	131	38	some	some	DET
ape-1726	131	39	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	131	40	money	money	NOUN
ape-1726	131	41	-	-	PUNCT
ape-1726	131	42	for	for	ADP
ape-1726	131	43	-	-	PUNCT
ape-1726	131	44	chieftaincy	chieftaincy	NOUN
ape-1726	131	45	policies	policy	NOUN
ape-1726	131	46	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	131	47	in	in	ADP
ape-1726	131	48	-	-	PUNCT
ape-1726	131	49	fighting	fighting	NOUN
ape-1726	131	50	;	;	PUNCT
ape-1726	131	51	military	military	ADJ
ape-1726	131	52	dictatorship	dictatorship	NOUN
ape-1726	131	53	(	(	PUNCT
ape-1726	131	54	clipping	clip	VERB
ape-1726	131	55	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	131	56	wings	wing	NOUN
ape-1726	131	57	and	and	CCONJ
ape-1726	131	58	enthronement	enthronement	NOUN
ape-1726	131	59	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	131	60	subservient	subservient	ADJ
ape-1726	131	61	culture	culture	NOUN
ape-1726	131	62	)	)	PUNCT
ape-1726	131	63	;	;	PUNCT
ape-1726	131	64	social	social	ADJ
ape-1726	131	65	malaise	malaise	NOUN
ape-1726	131	66	(	(	PUNCT
ape-1726	131	67	moral	moral	ADJ
ape-1726	131	68	decay	decay	NOUN
ape-1726	131	69	in	in	ADP
ape-1726	131	70	the	the	DET
ape-1726	131	71	society	society	NOUN
ape-1726	131	72	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	131	73	lack	lack	NOUN
ape-1726	131	74	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	131	75	respect	respect	NOUN
ape-1726	131	76	for	for	ADP
ape-1726	131	77	elders	elder	NOUN
ape-1726	131	78	and	and	CCONJ
ape-1726	131	79	constituted	constitute	VERB
ape-1726	131	80	authority	authority	NOUN
ape-1726	131	81	—	—	PUNCT
ape-1726	131	82	including	include	VERB
ape-1726	131	83	traditional	traditional	ADJ
ape-1726	131	84	institutions	institution	NOUN
ape-1726	131	85	)	)	PUNCT
ape-1726	131	86	;	;	PUNCT
ape-1726	131	87	dwindling	dwindle	VERB
ape-1726	131	88	sphere	sphere	NOUN
ape-1726	131	89	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	131	90	influence	influence	NOUN
ape-1726	131	91	and	and	CCONJ
ape-1726	131	92	breaking	break	VERB
ape-1726	131	93	down	down	ADP
ape-1726	131	94	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	131	95	the	the	DET
ape-1726	131	96	“	"	PUNCT
ape-1726	131	97	kingdom	kingdom	NOUN
ape-1726	131	98	”	"	PUNCT
ape-1726	131	99	overseen	oversee	VERB
ape-1726	131	100	by	by	ADP
ape-1726	131	101	the	the	DET
ape-1726	131	102	traditional	traditional	ADJ
ape-1726	131	103	rulers	ruler	NOUN
ape-1726	131	104	)	)	PUNCT
ape-1726	131	105	;	;	PUNCT
ape-1726	131	106	conflict	conflict	NOUN
ape-1726	131	107	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	131	108	interest	interest	NOUN
ape-1726	131	109	and	and	CCONJ
ape-1726	131	110	authority	authority	NOUN
ape-1726	131	111	between	between	ADP
ape-1726	131	112	local	local	ADJ
ape-1726	131	113	government	government	NOUN
ape-1726	131	114	authorities	authority	NOUN
ape-1726	131	115	and	and	CCONJ
ape-1726	131	116	traditional	traditional	ADJ
ape-1726	131	117	rulers	ruler	NOUN
ape-1726	131	118	;	;	PUNCT
ape-1726	131	119	globalization	globalization	NOUN
ape-1726	131	120	(	(	PUNCT
ape-1726	131	121	waning	wane	VERB
ape-1726	131	122	influence	influence	NOUN
ape-1726	131	123	and	and	CCONJ
ape-1726	131	124	interest	interest	NOUN
ape-1726	131	125	in	in	ADP
ape-1726	131	126	monarchies	monarchy	NOUN
ape-1726	131	127	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	131	128	and	and	CCONJ
ape-1726	131	129	traditional	traditional	ADJ
ape-1726	131	130	institutions	institution	NOUN
ape-1726	131	131	worldwide	worldwide	ADV
ape-1726	131	132	)	)	PUNCT
ape-1726	131	133	;	;	PUNCT
ape-1726	131	134	politics	politic	NOUN
ape-1726	131	135	(	(	PUNCT
ape-1726	131	136	party	party	NOUN
ape-1726	131	137	politics	politic	NOUN
ape-1726	131	138	have	have	AUX
ape-1726	131	139	been	be	AUX
ape-1726	131	140	played	play	VERB
ape-1726	131	141	in	in	ADP
ape-1726	131	142	a	a	DET
ape-1726	131	143	manner	manner	NOUN
ape-1726	131	144	to	to	PART
ape-1726	131	145	undermine	undermine	VERB
ape-1726	131	146	the	the	DET
ape-1726	131	147	influence	influence	NOUN
ape-1726	131	148	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	131	149	traditional	traditional	ADJ
ape-1726	131	150	rulers	ruler	NOUN
ape-1726	131	151	over	over	ADP
ape-1726	131	152	local	local	ADJ
ape-1726	131	153	voters	voter	NOUN
ape-1726	131	154	)	)	PUNCT
ape-1726	131	155	;	;	PUNCT
ape-1726	131	156	the	the	DET
ape-1726	131	157	economy	economy	NOUN
ape-1726	131	158	(	(	PUNCT
ape-1726	131	159	begging	beg	VERB
ape-1726	131	160	for	for	ADP
ape-1726	131	161	financial	financial	ADJ
ape-1726	131	162	support	support	NOUN
ape-1726	131	163	from	from	ADP
ape-1726	131	164	subjects	subject	NOUN
ape-1726	131	165	)	)	PUNCT
ape-1726	131	166	;	;	PUNCT
ape-1726	131	167	abuse	abuse	NOUN
ape-1726	131	168	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	131	169	privilege	privilege	NOUN
ape-1726	131	170	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	131	171	such	such	ADJ
ape-1726	131	172	as	as	ADP
ape-1726	131	173	giving	give	VERB
ape-1726	131	174	chieftaincy	chieftaincy	NOUN
ape-1726	131	175	titles	title	NOUN
ape-1726	131	176	and	and	CCONJ
ape-1726	131	177	honors	honor	NOUN
ape-1726	131	178	to	to	ADP
ape-1726	131	179	less	less	ADV
ape-1726	131	180	deserving	deserving	ADJ
ape-1726	131	181	members	member	NOUN
ape-1726	131	182	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	131	183	the	the	DET
ape-1726	131	184	society	society	NOUN
ape-1726	131	185	has	have	AUX
ape-1726	131	186	created	create	VERB
ape-1726	131	187	a	a	DET
ape-1726	131	188	society	society	NOUN
ape-1726	131	189	with	with	ADP
ape-1726	131	190	false	false	ADJ
ape-1726	131	191	values	value	NOUN
ape-1726	131	192	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	131	193	and	and	CCONJ
ape-1726	131	194	negative	negative	ADJ
ape-1726	131	195	role	role	NOUN
ape-1726	131	196	models	model	NOUN
ape-1726	131	197	(	(	PUNCT
ape-1726	131	198	fayonjomi	fayonjomi	PROPN
ape-1726	131	199	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	131	200	n.d	n.d	PROPN
ape-1726	131	201	.	.	PROPN
ape-1726	131	202	)	)	PUNCT
ape-1726	131	203	.	.	PUNCT
ape-1726	132	1	correspondingly	correspondingly	ADV
ape-1726	132	2	and	and	CCONJ
ape-1726	132	3	as	as	SCONJ
ape-1726	132	4	noted	note	VERB
ape-1726	132	5	earlier	early	ADV
ape-1726	132	6	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	132	7	immediately	immediately	ADV
ape-1726	132	8	after	after	ADP
ape-1726	132	9	independence	independence	NOUN
ape-1726	132	10	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	132	11	the	the	DET
ape-1726	132	12	powers	power	NOUN
ape-1726	132	13	and	and	CCONJ
ape-1726	132	14	authority	authority	NOUN
ape-1726	132	15	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	132	16	the	the	DET
ape-1726	132	17	traditional	traditional	ADJ
ape-1726	132	18	institutions	institution	NOUN
ape-1726	132	19	declined	decline	VERB
ape-1726	132	20	as	as	SCONJ
ape-1726	132	21	their	their	PRON
ape-1726	132	22	continuous	continuous	ADJ
ape-1726	132	23	existence	existence	NOUN
ape-1726	132	24	depended	depend	VERB
ape-1726	132	25	on	on	ADP
ape-1726	132	26	the	the	DET
ape-1726	132	27	whims	whim	NOUN
ape-1726	132	28	and	and	CCONJ
ape-1726	132	29	caprices	caprice	NOUN
ape-1726	132	30	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	132	31	the	the	DET
ape-1726	132	32	nigerian	nigerian	ADJ
ape-1726	132	33	government	government	NOUN
ape-1726	132	34	.	.	PUNCT
ape-1726	133	1	during	during	ADP
ape-1726	133	2	this	this	DET
ape-1726	133	3	new	new	ADJ
ape-1726	133	4	period	period	NOUN
ape-1726	133	5	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	133	6	the	the	DET
ape-1726	133	7	closeness	closeness	NOUN
ape-1726	133	8	between	between	ADP
ape-1726	133	9	the	the	DET
ape-1726	133	10	traditional	traditional	ADJ
ape-1726	133	11	institutions	institution	NOUN
ape-1726	133	12	and	and	CCONJ
ape-1726	133	13	the	the	DET
ape-1726	133	14	political	political	ADJ
ape-1726	133	15	class	class	NOUN
ape-1726	133	16	affected	affect	VERB
ape-1726	133	17	the	the	DET
ape-1726	133	18	institutions	institution	NOUN
ape-1726	133	19	so	so	ADV
ape-1726	133	20	much	much	ADV
ape-1726	133	21	.	.	PUNCT
ape-1726	134	1	the	the	DET
ape-1726	134	2	integration	integration	NOUN
ape-1726	134	3	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	134	4	traditional	traditional	ADJ
ape-1726	134	5	and	and	CCONJ
ape-1726	134	6	modern	modern	ADJ
ape-1726	134	7	politics	politic	NOUN
ape-1726	134	8	helped	help	VERB
ape-1726	134	9	to	to	PART
ape-1726	134	10	retain	retain	VERB
ape-1726	134	11	and	and	CCONJ
ape-1726	134	12	reformulate	reformulate	VERB
ape-1726	134	13	traditional	traditional	ADJ
ape-1726	134	14	and	and	CCONJ
ape-1726	134	15	state	state	NOUN
ape-1726	134	16	’s	’s	PART
ape-1726	134	17	politics	politic	NOUN
ape-1726	134	18	in	in	ADP
ape-1726	134	19	the	the	DET
ape-1726	134	20	newly	newly	ADV
ape-1726	134	21	independent	independent	ADJ
ape-1726	134	22	nigerian	nigerian	ADJ
ape-1726	134	23	states	state	NOUN
ape-1726	134	24	.	.	PUNCT
ape-1726	135	1	it	it	PRON
ape-1726	135	2	has	have	AUX
ape-1726	135	3	been	be	AUX
ape-1726	135	4	argued	argue	VERB
ape-1726	135	5	that	that	SCONJ
ape-1726	135	6	successful	successful	ADJ
ape-1726	135	7	military	military	ADJ
ape-1726	135	8	regimes	regime	NOUN
ape-1726	135	9	in	in	ADP
ape-1726	135	10	nigeria	nigeria	PRON
ape-1726	135	11	from	from	ADP
ape-1726	135	12	1966	1966	NUM
ape-1726	135	13	relied	rely	VERB
ape-1726	135	14	on	on	ADP
ape-1726	135	15	traditional	traditional	ADJ
ape-1726	135	16	institutions	institution	NOUN
ape-1726	135	17	for	for	ADP
ape-1726	135	18	their	their	PRON
ape-1726	135	19	legitimacy	legitimacy	NOUN
ape-1726	135	20	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	135	21	thereby	thereby	ADV
ape-1726	135	22	further	far	ADV
ape-1726	135	23	politicizing	politicize	VERB
ape-1726	135	24	the	the	DET
ape-1726	135	25	institutions	institution	NOUN
ape-1726	135	26	.	.	PUNCT
ape-1726	136	1	more	more	ADV
ape-1726	136	2	traditional	traditional	ADJ
ape-1726	136	3	rulers	ruler	NOUN
ape-1726	136	4	were	be	AUX
ape-1726	136	5	appointed	appoint	VERB
ape-1726	136	6	depending	depend	VERB
ape-1726	136	7	on	on	ADP
ape-1726	136	8	those	those	PRON
ape-1726	136	9	they	they	PRON
ape-1726	136	10	supported	support	VERB
ape-1726	136	11	in	in	ADP
ape-1726	136	12	power	power	NOUN
ape-1726	136	13	.	.	PUNCT
ape-1726	137	1	with	with	ADP
ape-1726	137	2	time	time	NOUN
ape-1726	137	3	and	and	CCONJ
ape-1726	137	4	due	due	ADP
ape-1726	137	5	to	to	ADP
ape-1726	137	6	personal	personal	ADJ
ape-1726	137	7	aggrandizement	aggrandizement	NOUN
ape-1726	137	8	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	137	9	traditional	traditional	ADJ
ape-1726	137	10	institutions	institution	NOUN
ape-1726	137	11	diminished	diminish	VERB
ape-1726	137	12	over	over	ADP
ape-1726	137	13	time	time	NOUN
ape-1726	137	14	in	in	ADP
ape-1726	137	15	the	the	DET
ape-1726	137	16	usual	usual	ADJ
ape-1726	137	17	sovereignty	sovereignty	NOUN
ape-1726	137	18	over	over	ADP
ape-1726	137	19	their	their	PRON
ape-1726	137	20	people	people	NOUN
ape-1726	137	21	.	.	PUNCT
ape-1726	138	1	others	other	NOUN
ape-1726	138	2	who	who	PRON
ape-1726	138	3	were	be	AUX
ape-1726	138	4	not	not	PART
ape-1726	138	5	loyal	loyal	ADJ
ape-1726	138	6	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	138	7	so	so	ADV
ape-1726	138	8	to	to	PART
ape-1726	138	9	say	say	VERB
ape-1726	138	10	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	138	11	were	be	AUX
ape-1726	138	12	removed	remove	VERB
ape-1726	138	13	or	or	CCONJ
ape-1726	138	14	suspended	suspend	VERB
ape-1726	138	15	(	(	PUNCT
ape-1726	138	16	omotosho	omotosho	NOUN
ape-1726	138	17	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	138	18	2010	2010	NUM
ape-1726	138	19	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	138	20	cited	cite	VERB
ape-1726	138	21	in	in	ADP
ape-1726	138	22	nweke	nweke	NOUN
ape-1726	138	23	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	138	24	2012	2012	NUM
ape-1726	138	25	)	)	PUNCT
ape-1726	138	26	.	.	PUNCT
ape-1726	139	1	concurrently	concurrently	ADV
ape-1726	139	2	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	139	3	there	there	PRON
ape-1726	139	4	are	be	VERB
ape-1726	139	5	other	other	ADJ
ape-1726	139	6	obstacles	obstacle	NOUN
ape-1726	139	7	confronting	confront	VERB
ape-1726	139	8	the	the	DET
ape-1726	139	9	indigenous	indigenous	ADJ
ape-1726	139	10	structure	structure	NOUN
ape-1726	139	11	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	139	12	traditional	traditional	ADJ
ape-1726	139	13	rulers	ruler	NOUN
ape-1726	139	14	as	as	SCONJ
ape-1726	139	15	it	it	PRON
ape-1726	139	16	is	be	AUX
ape-1726	139	17	premised	premise	VERB
ape-1726	139	18	in	in	ADP
ape-1726	139	19	constitutional	constitutional	ADJ
ape-1726	139	20	lacuna	lacuna	NOUN
ape-1726	139	21	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	139	22	this	this	PRON
ape-1726	139	23	was	be	AUX
ape-1726	139	24	corroborated	corroborate	VERB
ape-1726	139	25	in	in	ADP
ape-1726	139	26	nigerian	nigerian	PROPN
ape-1726	139	27	daily	daily	NOUN
ape-1726	139	28	that	that	SCONJ
ape-1726	139	29	:	:	PUNCT
ape-1726	139	30	the	the	DET
ape-1726	139	31	constitution	constitution	NOUN
ape-1726	139	32	has	have	VERB
ape-1726	139	33	no	no	DET
ape-1726	139	34	direct	direct	ADJ
ape-1726	139	35	role	role	NOUN
ape-1726	139	36	for	for	ADP
ape-1726	139	37	traditional	traditional	ADJ
ape-1726	139	38	rulers	ruler	NOUN
ape-1726	139	39	.	.	PUNCT
ape-1726	140	1	this	this	DET
ape-1726	140	2	lacuna	lacuna	NOUN
ape-1726	140	3	has	have	AUX
ape-1726	140	4	led	lead	VERB
ape-1726	140	5	to	to	ADP
ape-1726	140	6	a	a	DET
ape-1726	140	7	groundswell	groundswell	NOUN
ape-1726	140	8	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	140	9	calls	call	NOUN
ape-1726	140	10	from	from	ADP
ape-1726	140	11	monarchs	monarch	NOUN
ape-1726	140	12	and	and	CCONJ
ape-1726	140	13	traditionalists	traditionalist	NOUN
ape-1726	140	14	for	for	ADP
ape-1726	140	15	a	a	DET
ape-1726	140	16	direct	direct	ADJ
ape-1726	140	17	constitutional	constitutional	ADJ
ape-1726	140	18	function	function	NOUN
ape-1726	140	19	for	for	ADP
ape-1726	140	20	our	our	PRON
ape-1726	140	21	royal	royal	ADJ
ape-1726	140	22	fathers	father	NOUN
ape-1726	140	23	.	.	PUNCT
ape-1726	141	1	this	this	PRON
ape-1726	141	2	is	be	AUX
ape-1726	141	3	how	how	SCONJ
ape-1726	141	4	it	it	PRON
ape-1726	141	5	should	should	AUX
ape-1726	141	6	be	be	AUX
ape-1726	141	7	in	in	ADP
ape-1726	141	8	a	a	DET
ape-1726	141	9	republic	republic	NOUN
ape-1726	141	10	.	.	PUNCT
ape-1726	142	1	and	and	CCONJ
ape-1726	142	2	really	really	ADV
ape-1726	142	3	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	142	4	in	in	ADP
ape-1726	142	5	many	many	ADJ
ape-1726	142	6	places	place	NOUN
ape-1726	142	7	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	142	8	our	our	PRON
ape-1726	142	9	people	people	NOUN
ape-1726	142	10	still	still	ADV
ape-1726	142	11	rely	rely	VERB
ape-1726	142	12	upon	upon	SCONJ
ape-1726	142	13	and	and	CCONJ
ape-1726	142	14	trust	trust	VERB
ape-1726	142	15	their	their	PRON
ape-1726	142	16	traditional	traditional	ADJ
ape-1726	142	17	rulers	ruler	NOUN
ape-1726	142	18	in	in	ADP
ape-1726	142	19	making	make	VERB
ape-1726	142	20	choices	choice	NOUN
ape-1726	142	21	on	on	ADP
ape-1726	142	22	politics	politic	NOUN
ape-1726	142	23	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	142	24	economic	economic	ADJ
ape-1726	142	25	activities	activity	NOUN
ape-1726	142	26	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	142	27	education	education	NOUN
ape-1726	142	28	and	and	CCONJ
ape-1726	142	29	taking	take	VERB
ape-1726	142	30	social	social	ADJ
ape-1726	142	31	action	action	NOUN
ape-1726	142	32	.	.	PUNCT
ape-1726	143	1	this	this	PRON
ape-1726	143	2	is	be	AUX
ape-1726	143	3	an	an	DET
ape-1726	143	4	invaluable	invaluable	ADJ
ape-1726	143	5	social	social	ADJ
ape-1726	143	6	capital	capital	NOUN
ape-1726	143	7	that	that	PRON
ape-1726	143	8	any	any	DET
ape-1726	143	9	politician	politician	NOUN
ape-1726	143	10	will	will	AUX
ape-1726	143	11	give	give	VERB
ape-1726	143	12	just	just	ADV
ape-1726	143	13	anything	anything	PRON
ape-1726	143	14	to	to	PART
ape-1726	143	15	have	have	VERB
ape-1726	143	16	(	(	PUNCT
ape-1726	143	17	daily	daily	ADJ
ape-1726	143	18	independent	independent	ADJ
ape-1726	143	19	newspaper	newspaper	NOUN
ape-1726	143	20	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	143	21	2014	2014	NUM
ape-1726	143	22	)	)	PUNCT
ape-1726	143	23	.	.	PUNCT
ape-1726	144	1	www.scholink.org/ojs/index.php/ape	www.scholink.org/ojs/index.php/ape	NOUN
ape-1726	144	2	advances	advance	VERB
ape-1726	144	3	in	in	ADP
ape-1726	144	4	politics	politic	NOUN
ape-1726	144	5	and	and	CCONJ
ape-1726	144	6	economic	economic	ADJ
ape-1726	144	7	vol	vol	NOUN
ape-1726	144	8	.	.	PROPN
ape-1726	145	1	2	2	NUM
ape-1726	145	2	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	145	3	no	no	INTJ
ape-1726	145	4	.	.	NOUN
ape-1726	145	5	1	1	NUM
ape-1726	145	6	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	145	7	2019	2019	NUM
ape-1726	145	8	9	9	NUM
ape-1726	145	9	published	publish	VERB
ape-1726	145	10	by	by	ADP
ape-1726	145	11	scholink	scholink	PROPN
ape-1726	145	12	inc	inc	PROPN
ape-1726	145	13	.	.	PROPN
ape-1726	145	14	within	within	ADP
ape-1726	145	15	a	a	DET
ape-1726	145	16	constitutional	constitutional	ADJ
ape-1726	145	17	context	context	NOUN
ape-1726	145	18	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	145	19	the	the	DET
ape-1726	145	20	1960	1960	NUM
ape-1726	145	21	and	and	CCONJ
ape-1726	145	22	1963	1963	NUM
ape-1726	145	23	constitutions	constitution	NOUN
ape-1726	145	24	created	create	VERB
ape-1726	145	25	a	a	DET
ape-1726	145	26	council	council	NOUN
ape-1726	145	27	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	145	28	chiefs	chief	NOUN
ape-1726	145	29	for	for	ADP
ape-1726	145	30	them	they	PRON
ape-1726	145	31	in	in	ADP
ape-1726	145	32	the	the	DET
ape-1726	145	33	regions	region	NOUN
ape-1726	145	34	and	and	CCONJ
ape-1726	145	35	some	some	PRON
ape-1726	145	36	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	145	37	them	they	PRON
ape-1726	145	38	were	be	AUX
ape-1726	145	39	even	even	ADV
ape-1726	145	40	regional	regional	ADJ
ape-1726	145	41	governors	governor	NOUN
ape-1726	145	42	.	.	PUNCT
ape-1726	146	1	the	the	DET
ape-1726	146	2	1979	1979	NUM
ape-1726	146	3	constitution	constitution	NOUN
ape-1726	146	4	gave	give	VERB
ape-1726	146	5	them	they	PRON
ape-1726	146	6	representation	representation	NOUN
ape-1726	146	7	in	in	ADP
ape-1726	146	8	the	the	DET
ape-1726	146	9	national	national	PROPN
ape-1726	146	10	council	council	PROPN
ape-1726	146	11	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	146	12	state	state	PROPN
ape-1726	146	13	.	.	PUNCT
ape-1726	147	1	the	the	DET
ape-1726	147	2	current	current	ADJ
ape-1726	147	3	1999	1999	NUM
ape-1726	147	4	constitution	constitution	NOUN
ape-1726	147	5	did	do	AUX
ape-1726	147	6	not	not	PART
ape-1726	147	7	even	even	ADV
ape-1726	147	8	mention	mention	VERB
ape-1726	147	9	the	the	DET
ape-1726	147	10	traditional	traditional	ADJ
ape-1726	147	11	institution	institution	NOUN
ape-1726	147	12	.	.	PUNCT
ape-1726	148	1	is	be	AUX
ape-1726	148	2	this	this	DET
ape-1726	148	3	not	not	PART
ape-1726	148	4	enough	enough	ADJ
ape-1726	148	5	indicator	indicator	NOUN
ape-1726	148	6	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	148	7	their	their	PRON
ape-1726	148	8	plight	plight	NOUN
ape-1726	148	9	and	and	CCONJ
ape-1726	148	10	dwindling	dwindle	VERB
ape-1726	148	11	prestige	prestige	NOUN
ape-1726	148	12	?	?	PUNCT
ape-1726	149	1	(	(	PUNCT
ape-1726	149	2	leadership	leadership	NOUN
ape-1726	149	3	newspaper	newspaper	NOUN
ape-1726	149	4	quoted	quote	VERB
ape-1726	149	5	in	in	ADP
ape-1726	149	6	nigerian-newspaper.com	nigerian-newspaper.com	NOUN
ape-1726	149	7	)	)	PUNCT
ape-1726	149	8	.	.	PUNCT
ape-1726	150	1	state	state	NOUN
ape-1726	150	2	governments	government	NOUN
ape-1726	150	3	frequently	frequently	ADV
ape-1726	150	4	create	create	VERB
ape-1726	150	5	new	new	ADJ
ape-1726	150	6	“	"	PUNCT
ape-1726	150	7	traditional	traditional	ADJ
ape-1726	150	8	”	"	PUNCT
ape-1726	150	9	thrones	throne	NOUN
ape-1726	150	10	.	.	PUNCT
ape-1726	151	1	this	this	PRON
ape-1726	151	2	reflects	reflect	VERB
ape-1726	151	3	their	their	PRON
ape-1726	151	4	continuing	continue	VERB
ape-1726	151	5	interests	interest	NOUN
ape-1726	151	6	in	in	ADP
ape-1726	151	7	the	the	DET
ape-1726	151	8	traditional	traditional	ADJ
ape-1726	151	9	political	political	ADJ
ape-1726	151	10	institutions	institution	NOUN
ape-1726	151	11	.	.	PUNCT
ape-1726	152	1	the	the	DET
ape-1726	152	2	benue	benue	NOUN
ape-1726	152	3	state	state	NOUN
ape-1726	152	4	government	government	NOUN
ape-1726	152	5	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	152	6	for	for	ADP
ape-1726	152	7	instance	instance	NOUN
ape-1726	152	8	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	152	9	created	create	VERB
ape-1726	152	10	several	several	ADJ
ape-1726	152	11	new	new	ADJ
ape-1726	152	12	second	second	ADJ
ape-1726	152	13	-	-	PUNCT
ape-1726	152	14	class	class	NOUN
ape-1726	152	15	chiefs	chief	NOUN
ape-1726	152	16	in	in	ADP
ape-1726	152	17	the	the	DET
ape-1726	152	18	state	state	NOUN
ape-1726	152	19	in	in	ADP
ape-1726	152	20	1997	1997	NUM
ape-1726	152	21	.	.	PUNCT
ape-1726	153	1	although	although	SCONJ
ape-1726	153	2	created	create	VERB
ape-1726	153	3	in	in	ADP
ape-1726	153	4	the	the	DET
ape-1726	153	5	name	name	NOUN
ape-1726	153	6	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	153	7	customs	custom	NOUN
ape-1726	153	8	and	and	CCONJ
ape-1726	153	9	traditions	tradition	NOUN
ape-1726	153	10	;	;	PUNCT
ape-1726	153	11	these	these	PRON
ape-1726	153	12	are	be	AUX
ape-1726	153	13	brand	brand	ADJ
ape-1726	153	14	new	new	ADJ
ape-1726	153	15	institutions	institution	NOUN
ape-1726	153	16	that	that	PRON
ape-1726	153	17	have	have	VERB
ape-1726	153	18	no	no	DET
ape-1726	153	19	precedence	precedence	NOUN
ape-1726	153	20	in	in	ADP
ape-1726	153	21	the	the	DET
ape-1726	153	22	political	political	ADJ
ape-1726	153	23	experience	experience	NOUN
ape-1726	153	24	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	153	25	the	the	DET
ape-1726	153	26	people	people	NOUN
ape-1726	153	27	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	153	28	benue	benue	NOUN
ape-1726	153	29	state	state	NOUN
ape-1726	153	30	.	.	PUNCT
ape-1726	154	1	interestingly	interestingly	ADV
ape-1726	154	2	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	154	3	part	part	NOUN
ape-1726	154	4	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	154	5	the	the	DET
ape-1726	154	6	justification	justification	NOUN
ape-1726	154	7	for	for	ADP
ape-1726	154	8	traditional	traditional	ADJ
ape-1726	154	9	rulership	rulership	NOUN
ape-1726	154	10	is	be	AUX
ape-1726	154	11	that	that	SCONJ
ape-1726	154	12	it	it	PRON
ape-1726	154	13	is	be	AUX
ape-1726	154	14	a	a	DET
ape-1726	154	15	mode	mode	NOUN
ape-1726	154	16	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	154	17	governance	governance	NOUN
ape-1726	154	18	indigenously	indigenously	ADV
ape-1726	154	19	created	create	VERB
ape-1726	154	20	by	by	ADP
ape-1726	154	21	africans	africans	PROPN
ape-1726	154	22	long	long	ADV
ape-1726	154	23	before	before	SCONJ
ape-1726	154	24	the	the	DET
ape-1726	154	25	continent	continent	NOUN
ape-1726	154	26	was	be	AUX
ape-1726	154	27	colonized	colonize	VERB
ape-1726	154	28	by	by	ADP
ape-1726	154	29	europeans	europeans	PROPN
ape-1726	154	30	.	.	PUNCT
ape-1726	155	1	as	as	SCONJ
ape-1726	155	2	the	the	DET
ape-1726	155	3	action	action	NOUN
ape-1726	155	4	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	155	5	the	the	DET
ape-1726	155	6	benue	benue	NOUN
ape-1726	155	7	state	state	NOUN
ape-1726	155	8	in	in	ADP
ape-1726	155	9	creating	create	VERB
ape-1726	155	10	new	new	ADJ
ape-1726	155	11	second	second	ADJ
ape-1726	155	12	-	-	PUNCT
ape-1726	155	13	class	class	NOUN
ape-1726	155	14	chiefs	chief	NOUN
ape-1726	155	15	has	have	AUX
ape-1726	155	16	shown	show	VERB
ape-1726	155	17	however	however	ADV
ape-1726	155	18	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	155	19	some	some	PRON
ape-1726	155	20	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	155	21	these	these	DET
ape-1726	155	22	traditional	traditional	ADJ
ape-1726	155	23	rulership	rulership	NOUN
ape-1726	155	24	institutions	institution	NOUN
ape-1726	155	25	have	have	VERB
ape-1726	155	26	no	no	DET
ape-1726	155	27	connection	connection	NOUN
ape-1726	155	28	with	with	ADP
ape-1726	155	29	the	the	DET
ape-1726	155	30	pre	pre	ADJ
ape-1726	155	31	-	-	ADJ
ape-1726	155	32	colonial	colonial	ADJ
ape-1726	155	33	political	political	ADJ
ape-1726	155	34	realities	reality	NOUN
ape-1726	155	35	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	155	36	africa	africa	PROPN
ape-1726	155	37	.	.	PUNCT
ape-1726	156	1	thus	thus	ADV
ape-1726	156	2	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	156	3	in	in	ADP
ape-1726	156	4	this	this	DET
ape-1726	156	5	context	context	NOUN
ape-1726	156	6	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	156	7	tradition	tradition	NOUN
ape-1726	156	8	is	be	AUX
ape-1726	156	9	merely	merely	ADV
ape-1726	156	10	invoked	invoke	VERB
ape-1726	156	11	in	in	ADP
ape-1726	156	12	response	response	NOUN
ape-1726	156	13	to	to	ADP
ape-1726	156	14	modern	modern	ADJ
ape-1726	156	15	political	political	ADJ
ape-1726	156	16	exigencies	exigency	NOUN
ape-1726	156	17	.	.	PUNCT
ape-1726	157	1	at	at	ADP
ape-1726	157	2	the	the	DET
ape-1726	157	3	federal	federal	ADJ
ape-1726	157	4	level	level	NOUN
ape-1726	157	5	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	157	6	a	a	DET
ape-1726	157	7	new	new	ADJ
ape-1726	157	8	institution	institution	NOUN
ape-1726	157	9	called	call	VERB
ape-1726	157	10	the	the	DET
ape-1726	157	11	national	national	ADJ
ape-1726	157	12	council	council	PROPN
ape-1726	157	13	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	157	14	traditional	traditional	ADJ
ape-1726	157	15	rulers	ruler	NOUN
ape-1726	157	16	was	be	AUX
ape-1726	157	17	created	create	VERB
ape-1726	157	18	;	;	PUNCT
ape-1726	157	19	comprising	comprise	VERB
ape-1726	157	20	74	74	NUM
ape-1726	157	21	graded	grade	VERB
ape-1726	157	22	rulers	ruler	NOUN
ape-1726	157	23	from	from	ADP
ape-1726	157	24	all	all	DET
ape-1726	157	25	the	the	DET
ape-1726	157	26	thirty	thirty	NUM
ape-1726	157	27	-	-	PUNCT
ape-1726	157	28	six	six	NUM
ape-1726	157	29	states	state	NOUN
ape-1726	157	30	and	and	CCONJ
ape-1726	157	31	the	the	DET
ape-1726	157	32	abuja	abuja	PROPN
ape-1726	157	33	capital	capital	PROPN
ape-1726	157	34	territory	territory	NOUN
ape-1726	157	35	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	157	36	it	it	PRON
ape-1726	157	37	was	be	AUX
ape-1726	157	38	created	create	VERB
ape-1726	157	39	to	to	PART
ape-1726	157	40	“	"	PUNCT
ape-1726	157	41	serve	serve	VERB
ape-1726	157	42	as	as	ADP
ape-1726	157	43	a	a	DET
ape-1726	157	44	consultative	consultative	ADJ
ape-1726	157	45	assembly	assembly	NOUN
ape-1726	157	46	through	through	ADP
ape-1726	157	47	which	which	PRON
ape-1726	157	48	the	the	DET
ape-1726	157	49	federal	federal	ADJ
ape-1726	157	50	government	government	NOUN
ape-1726	157	51	would	would	AUX
ape-1726	157	52	feel	feel	VERB
ape-1726	157	53	the	the	DET
ape-1726	157	54	pulse	pulse	NOUN
ape-1726	157	55	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	157	56	the	the	DET
ape-1726	157	57	grassroots	grassroots	ADJ
ape-1726	157	58	communities	community	NOUN
ape-1726	157	59	”	"	PUNCT
ape-1726	157	60	.	.	PUNCT
ape-1726	158	1	government	government	NOUN
ape-1726	158	2	’s	’s	PART
ape-1726	158	3	interests	interest	NOUN
ape-1726	158	4	in	in	ADP
ape-1726	158	5	the	the	DET
ape-1726	158	6	institution	institution	NOUN
ape-1726	158	7	can	can	AUX
ape-1726	158	8	also	also	ADV
ape-1726	158	9	be	be	AUX
ape-1726	158	10	deduced	deduce	VERB
ape-1726	158	11	from	from	ADP
ape-1726	158	12	the	the	DET
ape-1726	158	13	fact	fact	NOUN
ape-1726	158	14	that	that	SCONJ
ape-1726	158	15	most	most	ADJ
ape-1726	158	16	state	state	NOUN
ape-1726	158	17	governors	governor	NOUN
ape-1726	158	18	have	have	AUX
ape-1726	158	19	special	special	ADJ
ape-1726	158	20	advisers	adviser	NOUN
ape-1726	158	21	for	for	ADP
ape-1726	158	22	chieftaincy	chieftaincy	NOUN
ape-1726	158	23	affairs	affair	NOUN
ape-1726	158	24	(	(	PUNCT
ape-1726	158	25	agbese	agbese	NOUN
ape-1726	158	26	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	158	27	2004	2004	NUM
ape-1726	158	28	)	)	PUNCT
ape-1726	158	29	.	.	PUNCT
ape-1726	159	1	in	in	ADP
ape-1726	159	2	the	the	DET
ape-1726	159	3	same	same	ADJ
ape-1726	159	4	vein	vein	NOUN
ape-1726	159	5	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	159	6	military	military	ADJ
ape-1726	159	7	administrators	administrator	NOUN
ape-1726	159	8	conferred	confer	VERB
ape-1726	159	9	importance	importance	NOUN
ape-1726	159	10	on	on	ADP
ape-1726	159	11	traditional	traditional	ADJ
ape-1726	159	12	rulers	ruler	NOUN
ape-1726	159	13	by	by	ADP
ape-1726	159	14	their	their	PRON
ape-1726	159	15	demonstrated	demonstrate	VERB
ape-1726	159	16	eagerness	eagerness	NOUN
ape-1726	159	17	to	to	PART
ape-1726	159	18	pay	pay	VERB
ape-1726	159	19	homage	homage	NOUN
ape-1726	159	20	to	to	ADP
ape-1726	159	21	prominent	prominent	ADJ
ape-1726	159	22	traditional	traditional	ADJ
ape-1726	159	23	rulers	ruler	NOUN
ape-1726	159	24	as	as	ADV
ape-1726	159	25	soon	soon	ADV
ape-1726	159	26	as	as	SCONJ
ape-1726	159	27	they	they	PRON
ape-1726	159	28	assumed	assume	VERB
ape-1726	159	29	office	office	NOUN
ape-1726	159	30	as	as	ADP
ape-1726	159	31	military	military	ADJ
ape-1726	159	32	governors	governor	NOUN
ape-1726	159	33	.	.	PUNCT
ape-1726	160	1	under	under	ADP
ape-1726	160	2	military	military	ADJ
ape-1726	160	3	rule	rule	NOUN
ape-1726	160	4	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	160	5	it	it	PRON
ape-1726	160	6	became	become	VERB
ape-1726	160	7	a	a	DET
ape-1726	160	8	tradition	tradition	NOUN
ape-1726	160	9	that	that	SCONJ
ape-1726	160	10	the	the	DET
ape-1726	160	11	first	first	ADJ
ape-1726	160	12	place	place	NOUN
ape-1726	160	13	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	160	14	call	call	NOUN
ape-1726	160	15	for	for	ADP
ape-1726	160	16	a	a	DET
ape-1726	160	17	newly	newly	ADV
ape-1726	160	18	appointed	appoint	VERB
ape-1726	160	19	military	military	ADJ
ape-1726	160	20	governor	governor	NOUN
ape-1726	160	21	to	to	ADP
ape-1726	160	22	any	any	PRON
ape-1726	160	23	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	160	24	the	the	DET
ape-1726	160	25	thirty	thirty	NUM
ape-1726	160	26	-	-	PUNCT
ape-1726	160	27	six	six	NUM
ape-1726	160	28	states	state	NOUN
ape-1726	160	29	was	be	AUX
ape-1726	160	30	the	the	DET
ape-1726	160	31	palace	palace	NOUN
ape-1726	160	32	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	160	33	the	the	DET
ape-1726	160	34	leading	lead	VERB
ape-1726	160	35	traditional	traditional	ADJ
ape-1726	160	36	ruler	ruler	NOUN
ape-1726	160	37	in	in	ADP
ape-1726	160	38	the	the	DET
ape-1726	160	39	state	state	NOUN
ape-1726	160	40	.	.	PUNCT
ape-1726	161	1	through	through	ADP
ape-1726	161	2	this	this	DET
ape-1726	161	3	open	open	ADJ
ape-1726	161	4	homage	homage	NOUN
ape-1726	161	5	to	to	ADP
ape-1726	161	6	traditional	traditional	ADJ
ape-1726	161	7	rulers	ruler	NOUN
ape-1726	161	8	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	161	9	military	military	ADJ
ape-1726	161	10	governors	governor	NOUN
ape-1726	161	11	sought	seek	VERB
ape-1726	161	12	to	to	PART
ape-1726	161	13	cloak	cloak	VERB
ape-1726	161	14	themselves	themselves	PRON
ape-1726	161	15	in	in	ADP
ape-1726	161	16	the	the	DET
ape-1726	161	17	legitimacy	legitimacy	NOUN
ape-1726	161	18	which	which	PRON
ape-1726	161	19	the	the	DET
ape-1726	161	20	indigenous	indigenous	ADJ
ape-1726	161	21	political	political	ADJ
ape-1726	161	22	institutions	institution	NOUN
ape-1726	161	23	are	be	AUX
ape-1726	161	24	believed	believe	VERB
ape-1726	161	25	to	to	PART
ape-1726	161	26	confer	confer	VERB
ape-1726	161	27	on	on	ADP
ape-1726	161	28	people	people	NOUN
ape-1726	161	29	.	.	PUNCT
ape-1726	162	1	traditional	traditional	ADJ
ape-1726	162	2	rulers	ruler	NOUN
ape-1726	162	3	on	on	ADP
ape-1726	162	4	their	their	PRON
ape-1726	162	5	part	part	NOUN
ape-1726	162	6	would	would	AUX
ape-1726	162	7	pledge	pledge	VERB
ape-1726	162	8	their	their	PRON
ape-1726	162	9	loyalty	loyalty	NOUN
ape-1726	162	10	and	and	CCONJ
ape-1726	162	11	the	the	DET
ape-1726	162	12	loyalty	loyalty	NOUN
ape-1726	162	13	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	162	14	their	their	PRON
ape-1726	162	15	people	people	NOUN
ape-1726	162	16	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	162	17	to	to	ADP
ape-1726	162	18	the	the	DET
ape-1726	162	19	new	new	ADJ
ape-1726	162	20	regime	regime	NOUN
ape-1726	162	21	.	.	PUNCT
ape-1726	163	1	in	in	ADP
ape-1726	163	2	an	an	DET
ape-1726	163	3	ironic	ironic	ADJ
ape-1726	163	4	twist	twist	NOUN
ape-1726	163	5	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	163	6	which	which	PRON
ape-1726	163	7	is	be	AUX
ape-1726	163	8	crystal	crystal	NOUN
ape-1726	163	9	clear	clear	ADJ
ape-1726	163	10	indicates	indicate	VERB
ape-1726	163	11	that	that	SCONJ
ape-1726	163	12	the	the	DET
ape-1726	163	13	frequent	frequent	ADJ
ape-1726	163	14	government	government	NOUN
ape-1726	163	15	intervention	intervention	NOUN
ape-1726	163	16	in	in	ADP
ape-1726	163	17	chieftaincy	chieftaincy	NOUN
ape-1726	163	18	affairs	affair	NOUN
ape-1726	163	19	reflects	reflect	VERB
ape-1726	163	20	the	the	DET
ape-1726	163	21	importance	importance	NOUN
ape-1726	163	22	which	which	PRON
ape-1726	163	23	various	various	ADJ
ape-1726	163	24	state	state	NOUN
ape-1726	163	25	governments	government	NOUN
ape-1726	163	26	attach	attach	VERB
ape-1726	163	27	to	to	ADP
ape-1726	163	28	the	the	DET
ape-1726	163	29	institution	institution	NOUN
ape-1726	163	30	(	(	PUNCT
ape-1726	163	31	agbese	agbese	NOUN
ape-1726	163	32	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	163	33	2004	2004	NUM
ape-1726	163	34	)	)	PUNCT
ape-1726	163	35	.	.	PUNCT
ape-1726	164	1	intuitively	intuitively	ADV
ape-1726	164	2	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	164	3	intervention	intervention	NOUN
ape-1726	164	4	in	in	ADP
ape-1726	164	5	chieftaincy	chieftaincy	NOUN
ape-1726	164	6	affairs	affair	NOUN
ape-1726	164	7	takes	take	VERB
ape-1726	164	8	place	place	NOUN
ape-1726	164	9	in	in	ADP
ape-1726	164	10	form	form	NOUN
ape-1726	164	11	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	164	12	demotion	demotion	NOUN
ape-1726	164	13	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	164	14	deposition	deposition	NOUN
ape-1726	164	15	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	164	16	and	and	CCONJ
ape-1726	164	17	banishment	banishment	NOUN
ape-1726	164	18	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	164	19	traditional	traditional	ADJ
ape-1726	164	20	rulers	ruler	NOUN
ape-1726	164	21	as	as	ADP
ape-1726	164	22	a	a	DET
ape-1726	164	23	way	way	NOUN
ape-1726	164	24	to	to	PART
ape-1726	164	25	punish	punish	VERB
ape-1726	164	26	erring	err	VERB
ape-1726	164	27	royal	royal	ADJ
ape-1726	164	28	fathers	father	NOUN
ape-1726	164	29	who	who	PRON
ape-1726	164	30	do	do	AUX
ape-1726	164	31	not	not	PART
ape-1726	164	32	do	do	VERB
ape-1726	164	33	the	the	DET
ape-1726	164	34	bidding	bidding	NOUN
ape-1726	164	35	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	164	36	the	the	DET
ape-1726	164	37	government	government	NOUN
ape-1726	164	38	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	164	39	the	the	DET
ape-1726	164	40	day	day	NOUN
ape-1726	164	41	.	.	PUNCT
ape-1726	165	1	sequel	sequel	NOUN
ape-1726	165	2	to	to	ADP
ape-1726	165	3	this	this	DET
ape-1726	165	4	view	view	NOUN
ape-1726	165	5	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	165	6	alhaji	alhaji	PROPN
ape-1726	165	7	muhammadu	muhammadu	NOUN
ape-1726	165	8	sanusi	sanusi	NOUN
ape-1726	165	9	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	165	10	the	the	DET
ape-1726	165	11	emir	emir	NOUN
ape-1726	165	12	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	165	13	kano	kano	PROPN
ape-1726	165	14	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	165	15	olateru	olateru	PROPN
ape-1726	165	16	olagbegi	olagbegi	PROPN
ape-1726	165	17	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	165	18	the	the	DET
ape-1726	165	19	olowo	olowo	NOUN
ape-1726	165	20	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	165	21	owo	owo	PROPN
ape-1726	165	22	and	and	CCONJ
ape-1726	165	23	ibrahim	ibrahim	PROPN
ape-1726	165	24	dasuki	dasuki	PROPN
ape-1726	165	25	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	165	26	sultan	sultan	PROPN
ape-1726	165	27	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	165	28	sokoto	sokoto	PROPN
ape-1726	165	29	are	be	AUX
ape-1726	165	30	among	among	ADP
ape-1726	165	31	prominent	prominent	ADJ
ape-1726	165	32	traditional	traditional	ADJ
ape-1726	165	33	rulers	ruler	NOUN
ape-1726	165	34	who	who	PRON
ape-1726	165	35	have	have	AUX
ape-1726	165	36	been	be	AUX
ape-1726	165	37	deposed	depose	VERB
ape-1726	165	38	by	by	ADP
ape-1726	165	39	various	various	ADJ
ape-1726	165	40	state	state	NOUN
ape-1726	165	41	governments	government	NOUN
ape-1726	165	42	and	and	CCONJ
ape-1726	165	43	were	be	AUX
ape-1726	165	44	also	also	ADV
ape-1726	165	45	banished	banish	VERB
ape-1726	165	46	from	from	ADP
ape-1726	165	47	their	their	PRON
ape-1726	165	48	kingdoms	kingdom	NOUN
ape-1726	165	49	.	.	PUNCT
ape-1726	166	1	in	in	ADP
ape-1726	166	2	the	the	DET
ape-1726	166	3	same	same	ADJ
ape-1726	166	4	vein	vein	NOUN
ape-1726	166	5	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	166	6	during	during	ADP
ape-1726	166	7	the	the	DET
ape-1726	166	8	turbulent	turbulent	ADJ
ape-1726	166	9	era	era	NOUN
ape-1726	166	10	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	166	11	party	party	NOUN
ape-1726	166	12	politics	politic	NOUN
ape-1726	166	13	in	in	ADP
ape-1726	166	14	the	the	DET
ape-1726	166	15	second	second	ADJ
ape-1726	166	16	republic	republic	NOUN
ape-1726	166	17	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	166	18	many	many	ADJ
ape-1726	166	19	state	state	NOUN
ape-1726	166	20	governors	governor	NOUN
ape-1726	166	21	sought	seek	VERB
ape-1726	166	22	wider	wide	ADJ
ape-1726	166	23	powers	power	NOUN
ape-1726	166	24	over	over	ADP
ape-1726	166	25	chieftaincy	chieftaincy	NOUN
ape-1726	166	26	matters	matter	NOUN
ape-1726	166	27	.	.	PUNCT
ape-1726	167	1	the	the	DET
ape-1726	167	2	ogun	ogun	PROPN
ape-1726	167	3	state	state	PROPN
ape-1726	167	4	house	house	PROPN
ape-1726	167	5	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	167	6	assembly	assembly	PROPN
ape-1726	167	7	passed	pass	VERB
ape-1726	167	8	a	a	DET
ape-1726	167	9	bill	bill	NOUN
ape-1726	167	10	giving	give	VERB
ape-1726	167	11	the	the	DET
ape-1726	167	12	state	state	NOUN
ape-1726	167	13	governor	governor	NOUN
ape-1726	167	14	such	such	ADJ
ape-1726	167	15	powers	power	NOUN
ape-1726	167	16	.	.	PUNCT
ape-1726	168	1	this	this	DET
ape-1726	168	2	action	action	NOUN
ape-1726	168	3	however	however	ADV
ape-1726	168	4	led	lead	VERB
ape-1726	168	5	to	to	ADP
ape-1726	168	6	several	several	ADJ
ape-1726	168	7	clashes	clash	NOUN
ape-1726	168	8	between	between	ADP
ape-1726	168	9	www.scholink.org/ojs/index.php/ape	www.scholink.org/ojs/index.php/ape	NOUN
ape-1726	168	10	advances	advance	NOUN
ape-1726	168	11	in	in	ADP
ape-1726	168	12	politics	politic	NOUN
ape-1726	168	13	and	and	CCONJ
ape-1726	168	14	economic	economic	ADJ
ape-1726	168	15	vol	vol	NOUN
ape-1726	168	16	.	.	PROPN
ape-1726	169	1	2	2	NUM
ape-1726	169	2	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	169	3	no	no	INTJ
ape-1726	169	4	.	.	NOUN
ape-1726	169	5	1	1	NUM
ape-1726	169	6	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	169	7	2019	2019	NUM
ape-1726	169	8	10	10	NUM
ape-1726	169	9	published	publish	VERB
ape-1726	169	10	by	by	ADP
ape-1726	169	11	scholink	scholink	PROPN
ape-1726	169	12	inc	inc	PROPN
ape-1726	169	13	.	.	PROPN
ape-1726	169	14	state	state	NOUN
ape-1726	169	15	governors	governor	NOUN
ape-1726	169	16	and	and	CCONJ
ape-1726	169	17	traditional	traditional	ADJ
ape-1726	169	18	rulers	ruler	NOUN
ape-1726	169	19	.	.	PUNCT
ape-1726	170	1	as	as	SCONJ
ape-1726	170	2	afriscopemagazine	afriscopemagazine	PROPN
ape-1726	170	3	pointed	point	VERB
ape-1726	170	4	out	out	ADP
ape-1726	170	5	:	:	PUNCT
ape-1726	170	6	“	"	PUNCT
ape-1726	170	7	within	within	ADP
ape-1726	170	8	the	the	DET
ape-1726	170	9	first	first	ADJ
ape-1726	170	10	two	two	NUM
ape-1726	170	11	years	year	NOUN
ape-1726	170	12	[	[	X
ape-1726	170	13	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	170	14	the	the	DET
ape-1726	170	15	second	second	ADJ
ape-1726	170	16	republic	republic	NOUN
ape-1726	170	17	]	]	X
ape-1726	170	18	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	170	19	almost	almost	ADV
ape-1726	170	20	every	every	DET
ape-1726	170	21	state	state	NOUN
ape-1726	170	22	has	have	AUX
ape-1726	170	23	witnessed	witness	VERB
ape-1726	170	24	conflicts	conflict	NOUN
ape-1726	170	25	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	170	26	one	one	NUM
ape-1726	170	27	form	form	NOUN
ape-1726	170	28	or	or	CCONJ
ape-1726	170	29	another	another	PRON
ape-1726	170	30	between	between	ADP
ape-1726	170	31	its	its	PRON
ape-1726	170	32	government	government	NOUN
ape-1726	170	33	functionaries	functionary	NOUN
ape-1726	170	34	and	and	CCONJ
ape-1726	170	35	its	its	PRON
ape-1726	170	36	traditional	traditional	ADJ
ape-1726	170	37	rulers	ruler	NOUN
ape-1726	170	38	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	170	39	leaving	leave	VERB
ape-1726	170	40	a	a	DET
ape-1726	170	41	trail	trail	NOUN
ape-1726	170	42	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	170	43	heightened	heightened	ADJ
ape-1726	170	44	tension	tension	NOUN
ape-1726	170	45	in	in	ADP
ape-1726	170	46	as	as	ADV
ape-1726	170	47	many	many	ADJ
ape-1726	170	48	as	as	ADP
ape-1726	170	49	eleven	eleven	NUM
ape-1726	170	50	states	state	NOUN
ape-1726	170	51	”	"	PUNCT
ape-1726	170	52	.	.	PUNCT
ape-1726	171	1	governor	governor	PROPN
ape-1726	171	2	jim	jim	PROPN
ape-1726	171	3	nwobodo	nwobodo	PROPN
ape-1726	171	4	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	171	5	anambra	anambra	PROPN
ape-1726	171	6	state	state	PROPN
ape-1726	171	7	expressed	express	VERB
ape-1726	171	8	his	his	PRON
ape-1726	171	9	displeasure	displeasure	NOUN
ape-1726	171	10	with	with	ADP
ape-1726	171	11	the	the	DET
ape-1726	171	12	obi	obi	PROPN
ape-1726	171	13	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	171	14	onitsha	onitsha	PROPN
ape-1726	171	15	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	171	16	ofalaokagbue	ofalaokagbue	NOUN
ape-1726	171	17	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	171	18	by	by	ADP
ape-1726	171	19	dropping	drop	VERB
ape-1726	171	20	him	he	PRON
ape-1726	171	21	as	as	ADP
ape-1726	171	22	the	the	DET
ape-1726	171	23	state	state	NOUN
ape-1726	171	24	’s	’s	PART
ape-1726	171	25	representative	representative	NOUN
ape-1726	171	26	to	to	ADP
ape-1726	171	27	the	the	DET
ape-1726	171	28	national	national	PROPN
ape-1726	171	29	council	council	PROPN
ape-1726	171	30	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	171	31	state	state	PROPN
ape-1726	171	32	.	.	PUNCT
ape-1726	172	1	governor	governor	PROPN
ape-1726	172	2	sam	sam	PROPN
ape-1726	172	3	mbakwe	mbakwe	PROPN
ape-1726	172	4	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	172	5	imo	imo	PROPN
ape-1726	172	6	state	state	PROPN
ape-1726	172	7	ordered	order	VERB
ape-1726	172	8	that	that	SCONJ
ape-1726	172	9	the	the	DET
ape-1726	172	10	title	title	NOUN
ape-1726	172	11	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	172	12	“	"	PUNCT
ape-1726	172	13	his	his	PRON
ape-1726	172	14	royal	royal	ADJ
ape-1726	172	15	highness	highness	NOUN
ape-1726	172	16	”	"	PUNCT
ape-1726	172	17	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	172	18	should	should	AUX
ape-1726	172	19	be	be	AUX
ape-1726	172	20	dropped	drop	VERB
ape-1726	172	21	from	from	ADP
ape-1726	172	22	the	the	DET
ape-1726	172	23	names	name	NOUN
ape-1726	172	24	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	172	25	traditional	traditional	ADJ
ape-1726	172	26	rulers	ruler	NOUN
ape-1726	172	27	in	in	ADP
ape-1726	172	28	imo	imo	PROPN
ape-1726	172	29	.	.	PUNCT
ape-1726	173	1	in	in	ADP
ape-1726	173	2	kano	kano	PROPN
ape-1726	173	3	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	173	4	governor	governor	PROPN
ape-1726	173	5	abubakarrimi	abubakarrimi	PROPN
ape-1726	173	6	issued	issue	VERB
ape-1726	173	7	a	a	DET
ape-1726	173	8	query	query	NOUN
ape-1726	173	9	to	to	ADP
ape-1726	173	10	the	the	DET
ape-1726	173	11	emir	emir	NOUN
ape-1726	173	12	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	173	13	kano	kano	PROPN
ape-1726	173	14	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	173	15	ado	ado	NOUN
ape-1726	173	16	bayero	bayero	NOUN
ape-1726	173	17	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	173	18	alleging	allege	VERB
ape-1726	173	19	that	that	SCONJ
ape-1726	173	20	the	the	DET
ape-1726	173	21	emir	emir	NOUN
ape-1726	173	22	had	have	AUX
ape-1726	173	23	engaged	engage	VERB
ape-1726	173	24	in	in	ADP
ape-1726	173	25	acts	act	NOUN
ape-1726	173	26	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	173	27	disrespect	disrespect	NOUN
ape-1726	173	28	to	to	ADP
ape-1726	173	29	the	the	DET
ape-1726	173	30	governor	governor	NOUN
ape-1726	173	31	’s	’s	PART
ape-1726	173	32	administration	administration	NOUN
ape-1726	173	33	.	.	PUNCT
ape-1726	174	1	the	the	DET
ape-1726	174	2	governor	governor	NOUN
ape-1726	174	3	’s	’s	PART
ape-1726	174	4	query	query	NOUN
ape-1726	174	5	to	to	ADP
ape-1726	174	6	the	the	DET
ape-1726	174	7	emir	emir	NOUN
ape-1726	174	8	precipitated	precipitate	VERB
ape-1726	174	9	violent	violent	ADJ
ape-1726	174	10	mob	mob	NOUN
ape-1726	174	11	demonstrations	demonstration	NOUN
ape-1726	174	12	which	which	PRON
ape-1726	174	13	led	lead	VERB
ape-1726	174	14	to	to	ADP
ape-1726	174	15	the	the	DET
ape-1726	174	16	death	death	NOUN
ape-1726	174	17	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	174	18	the	the	DET
ape-1726	174	19	governor	governor	NOUN
ape-1726	174	20	’s	’s	PART
ape-1726	174	21	political	political	ADJ
ape-1726	174	22	adviser	adviser	NOUN
ape-1726	174	23	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	174	24	bala	bala	PROPN
ape-1726	174	25	mohammed	mohammed	PROPN
ape-1726	174	26	.	.	PUNCT
ape-1726	175	1	several	several	ADJ
ape-1726	175	2	government	government	NOUN
ape-1726	175	3	buildings	building	NOUN
ape-1726	175	4	in	in	ADP
ape-1726	175	5	kano	kano	PROPN
ape-1726	175	6	and	and	CCONJ
ape-1726	175	7	the	the	DET
ape-1726	175	8	homes	home	NOUN
ape-1726	175	9	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	175	10	some	some	DET
ape-1726	175	11	politicians	politician	NOUN
ape-1726	175	12	were	be	AUX
ape-1726	175	13	also	also	ADV
ape-1726	175	14	burnt	burn	VERB
ape-1726	175	15	during	during	ADP
ape-1726	175	16	the	the	DET
ape-1726	175	17	fracas	fracas	NOUN
ape-1726	175	18	(	(	PUNCT
ape-1726	175	19	agbese	agbese	NOUN
ape-1726	175	20	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	175	21	2004	2004	NUM
ape-1726	175	22	)	)	PUNCT
ape-1726	175	23	.	.	PUNCT
ape-1726	176	1	the	the	DET
ape-1726	176	2	post	post	ADJ
ape-1726	176	3	-	-	ADJ
ape-1726	176	4	colonial	colonial	ADJ
ape-1726	176	5	state	state	NOUN
ape-1726	176	6	has	have	AUX
ape-1726	176	7	criminalized	criminalize	VERB
ape-1726	176	8	the	the	DET
ape-1726	176	9	factual	factual	ADJ
ape-1726	176	10	indigenous	indigenous	ADJ
ape-1726	176	11	structure	structure	NOUN
ape-1726	176	12	in	in	ADP
ape-1726	176	13	nigeria	nigeria	PROPN
ape-1726	176	14	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	176	15	these	these	PRON
ape-1726	176	16	is	be	AUX
ape-1726	176	17	evident	evident	ADJ
ape-1726	176	18	in	in	ADP
ape-1726	176	19	major	major	ADJ
ape-1726	176	20	suspension	suspension	NOUN
ape-1726	176	21	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	176	22	traditional	traditional	ADJ
ape-1726	176	23	rulers	ruler	NOUN
ape-1726	176	24	as	as	SCONJ
ape-1726	176	25	it	it	PRON
ape-1726	176	26	is	be	AUX
ape-1726	176	27	also	also	ADV
ape-1726	176	28	exemplified	exemplify	VERB
ape-1726	176	29	in	in	ADP
ape-1726	176	30	the	the	DET
ape-1726	176	31	removal	removal	NOUN
ape-1726	176	32	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	176	33	deji	deji	PROPN
ape-1726	176	34	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	176	35	akure	akure	NOUN
ape-1726	176	36	in	in	ADP
ape-1726	176	37	south	south	ADJ
ape-1726	176	38	western	western	PROPN
ape-1726	176	39	nigeria	nigeria	PROPN
ape-1726	176	40	who	who	PRON
ape-1726	176	41	was	be	AUX
ape-1726	176	42	alleged	allege	VERB
ape-1726	176	43	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	176	44	brutally	brutally	ADV
ape-1726	176	45	beating	beat	VERB
ape-1726	176	46	his	his	PRON
ape-1726	176	47	wife	wife	NOUN
ape-1726	176	48	as	as	ADP
ape-1726	176	49	against	against	ADP
ape-1726	176	50	the	the	DET
ape-1726	176	51	courtesy	courtesy	NOUN
ape-1726	176	52	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	176	53	fundamental	fundamental	ADJ
ape-1726	176	54	disposition	disposition	NOUN
ape-1726	176	55	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	176	56	traditional	traditional	ADJ
ape-1726	176	57	ruler	ruler	NOUN
ape-1726	176	58	as	as	ADP
ape-1726	176	59	a	a	DET
ape-1726	176	60	symbolic	symbolic	ADJ
ape-1726	176	61	personality	personality	NOUN
ape-1726	176	62	in	in	ADP
ape-1726	176	63	the	the	DET
ape-1726	176	64	society	society	NOUN
ape-1726	176	65	.	.	PUNCT
ape-1726	177	1	in	in	ADP
ape-1726	177	2	tandem	tandem	PROPN
ape-1726	177	3	with	with	ADP
ape-1726	177	4	foregoing	forego	VERB
ape-1726	177	5	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	177	6	the	the	DET
ape-1726	177	7	most	most	ADV
ape-1726	177	8	recent	recent	ADJ
ape-1726	177	9	endorsement	endorsement	NOUN
ape-1726	177	10	in	in	ADP
ape-1726	177	11	the	the	DET
ape-1726	177	12	fourth	fourth	PROPN
ape-1726	177	13	republic	republic	NOUN
ape-1726	177	14	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	177	15	lamido	lamido	NOUN
ape-1726	177	16	sanusi	sanusi	PROPN
ape-1726	177	17	(	(	PUNCT
ape-1726	177	18	former	former	ADJ
ape-1726	177	19	central	central	ADJ
ape-1726	177	20	bank	bank	NOUN
ape-1726	177	21	governor	governor	NOUN
ape-1726	177	22	)	)	PUNCT
ape-1726	177	23	by	by	ADP
ape-1726	177	24	the	the	DET
ape-1726	177	25	kano	kano	PROPN
ape-1726	177	26	state	state	NOUN
ape-1726	177	27	governor	governor	NOUN
ape-1726	177	28	as	as	ADP
ape-1726	177	29	an	an	DET
ape-1726	177	30	emir	emir	NOUN
ape-1726	177	31	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	177	32	kano	kano	PROPN
ape-1726	177	33	generated	generate	VERB
ape-1726	177	34	violence	violence	NOUN
ape-1726	177	35	in	in	ADP
ape-1726	177	36	kano	kano	PROPN
ape-1726	177	37	state	state	PROPN
ape-1726	177	38	signaling	signal	VERB
ape-1726	177	39	how	how	SCONJ
ape-1726	177	40	post	post	ADJ
ape-1726	177	41	-	-	ADJ
ape-1726	177	42	colonial	colonial	ADJ
ape-1726	177	43	state	state	NOUN
ape-1726	177	44	influenced	influence	VERB
ape-1726	177	45	the	the	DET
ape-1726	177	46	indigenous	indigenous	ADJ
ape-1726	177	47	institution	institution	NOUN
ape-1726	177	48	that	that	PRON
ape-1726	177	49	presumed	presume	VERB
ape-1726	177	50	to	to	PART
ape-1726	177	51	revere	revere	VERB
ape-1726	177	52	customs	custom	NOUN
ape-1726	177	53	and	and	CCONJ
ape-1726	177	54	traditions	tradition	NOUN
ape-1726	177	55	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	177	56	the	the	DET
ape-1726	177	57	society	society	NOUN
ape-1726	177	58	in	in	ADP
ape-1726	177	59	question	question	NOUN
ape-1726	177	60	.	.	PUNCT
ape-1726	178	1	it	it	PRON
ape-1726	178	2	is	be	AUX
ape-1726	178	3	believed	believe	VERB
ape-1726	178	4	that	that	SCONJ
ape-1726	178	5	the	the	DET
ape-1726	178	6	formal	formal	ADJ
ape-1726	178	7	institutional	institutional	ADJ
ape-1726	178	8	structure	structure	NOUN
ape-1726	178	9	coordinates	coordinate	NOUN
ape-1726	178	10	and	and	CCONJ
ape-1726	178	11	determines	determine	VERB
ape-1726	178	12	the	the	DET
ape-1726	178	13	existence	existence	NOUN
ape-1726	178	14	and	and	CCONJ
ape-1726	178	15	recognition	recognition	NOUN
ape-1726	178	16	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	178	17	traditional	traditional	ADJ
ape-1726	178	18	rulership	rulership	NOUN
ape-1726	178	19	institution	institution	NOUN
ape-1726	178	20	which	which	PRON
ape-1726	178	21	has	have	AUX
ape-1726	178	22	become	become	VERB
ape-1726	178	23	the	the	DET
ape-1726	178	24	bane	bane	NOUN
ape-1726	178	25	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	178	26	indigenous	indigenous	ADJ
ape-1726	178	27	society	society	NOUN
ape-1726	178	28	in	in	ADP
ape-1726	178	29	nigeria	nigeria	PROPN
ape-1726	178	30	.	.	PUNCT
ape-1726	179	1	the	the	DET
ape-1726	179	2	empirical	empirical	ADJ
ape-1726	179	3	evidence	evidence	NOUN
ape-1726	179	4	has	have	AUX
ape-1726	179	5	revealed	reveal	VERB
ape-1726	179	6	that	that	SCONJ
ape-1726	179	7	during	during	ADP
ape-1726	179	8	military	military	ADJ
ape-1726	179	9	and	and	CCONJ
ape-1726	179	10	civilian	civilian	ADJ
ape-1726	179	11	regimes	regime	NOUN
ape-1726	179	12	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	179	13	countless	countless	ADJ
ape-1726	179	14	number	number	NOUN
ape-1726	179	15	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	179	16	traditional	traditional	ADJ
ape-1726	179	17	rulers	ruler	NOUN
ape-1726	179	18	were	be	AUX
ape-1726	179	19	demoted	demote	VERB
ape-1726	179	20	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	179	21	suspended	suspend	VERB
ape-1726	179	22	or	or	CCONJ
ape-1726	179	23	removed	remove	VERB
ape-1726	179	24	by	by	ADP
ape-1726	179	25	the	the	DET
ape-1726	179	26	state	state	NOUN
ape-1726	179	27	.	.	PUNCT
ape-1726	180	1	2.1.3	2.1.3	NUM
ape-1726	180	2	responses	response	NOUN
ape-1726	180	3	from	from	ADP
ape-1726	180	4	the	the	DET
ape-1726	180	5	field	field	NOUN
ape-1726	180	6	survey	survey	NOUN
ape-1726	180	7	analyzed	analyze	VERB
ape-1726	180	8	amidst	amidst	ADP
ape-1726	180	9	all	all	DET
ape-1726	180	10	the	the	DET
ape-1726	180	11	above	above	ADV
ape-1726	180	12	-	-	PUNCT
ape-1726	180	13	mentioned	mention	VERB
ape-1726	180	14	setbacks	setback	NOUN
ape-1726	180	15	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	180	16	traditional	traditional	ADJ
ape-1726	180	17	rulers	ruler	NOUN
ape-1726	180	18	still	still	ADV
ape-1726	180	19	maintain	maintain	VERB
ape-1726	180	20	some	some	DET
ape-1726	180	21	democratic	democratic	ADJ
ape-1726	180	22	roles	role	NOUN
ape-1726	180	23	:	:	PUNCT
ape-1726	180	24	broker	broker	NOUN
ape-1726	180	25	between	between	ADP
ape-1726	180	26	the	the	DET
ape-1726	180	27	people	people	NOUN
ape-1726	180	28	and	and	CCONJ
ape-1726	180	29	the	the	DET
ape-1726	180	30	state	state	NOUN
ape-1726	180	31	;	;	PUNCT
ape-1726	180	32	enhancing	enhance	VERB
ape-1726	180	33	national	national	ADJ
ape-1726	180	34	identity	identity	NOUN
ape-1726	180	35	;	;	PUNCT
ape-1726	180	36	and	and	CCONJ
ape-1726	180	37	providing	provide	VERB
ape-1726	180	38	an	an	DET
ape-1726	180	39	institutional	institutional	ADJ
ape-1726	180	40	safety	safety	NOUN
ape-1726	180	41	-	-	PUNCT
ape-1726	180	42	valve	valve	NOUN
ape-1726	180	43	for	for	ADP
ape-1726	180	44	inadequate	inadequate	ADJ
ape-1726	180	45	bureaucracies	bureaucracy	NOUN
ape-1726	180	46	.	.	PUNCT
ape-1726	181	1	specifically	specifically	ADV
ape-1726	181	2	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	181	3	traditional	traditional	ADJ
ape-1726	181	4	rulership	rulership	NOUN
ape-1726	181	5	institutions	institution	NOUN
ape-1726	181	6	have	have	AUX
ape-1726	181	7	been	be	AUX
ape-1726	181	8	acknowledged	acknowledge	VERB
ape-1726	181	9	as	as	ADP
ape-1726	181	10	veritable	veritable	ADJ
ape-1726	181	11	instruments	instrument	NOUN
ape-1726	181	12	for	for	ADP
ape-1726	181	13	voters	voter	NOUN
ape-1726	181	14	’	’	PART
ape-1726	181	15	mobilization	mobilization	NOUN
ape-1726	181	16	and	and	CCONJ
ape-1726	181	17	civic	civic	ADJ
ape-1726	181	18	education	education	NOUN
ape-1726	181	19	in	in	ADP
ape-1726	181	20	electoral	electoral	ADJ
ape-1726	181	21	processes	process	NOUN
ape-1726	181	22	.	.	PUNCT
ape-1726	182	1	though	though	ADV
ape-1726	182	2	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	182	3	some	some	PRON
ape-1726	182	4	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	182	5	the	the	DET
ape-1726	182	6	traditional	traditional	ADJ
ape-1726	182	7	rulers	ruler	NOUN
ape-1726	182	8	still	still	ADV
ape-1726	182	9	engross	engross	VERB
ape-1726	182	10	in	in	ADP
ape-1726	182	11	party	party	NOUN
ape-1726	182	12	politicking	politicking	NOUN
ape-1726	182	13	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	182	14	selecting	select	VERB
ape-1726	182	15	party	party	NOUN
ape-1726	182	16	candidacy	candidacy	NOUN
ape-1726	182	17	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	182	18	and	and	CCONJ
ape-1726	182	19	drumming	drum	VERB
ape-1726	182	20	support	support	NOUN
ape-1726	182	21	for	for	ADP
ape-1726	182	22	party	party	NOUN
ape-1726	182	23	.	.	PUNCT
ape-1726	183	1	as	as	SCONJ
ape-1726	183	2	reported	report	VERB
ape-1726	183	3	by	by	ADP
ape-1726	183	4	ihemeje	ihemeje	ADJ
ape-1726	183	5	(	(	PUNCT
ape-1726	183	6	2014	2014	NUM
ape-1726	183	7	)	)	PUNCT
ape-1726	183	8	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	183	9	traditional	traditional	ADJ
ape-1726	183	10	rulers	ruler	NOUN
ape-1726	183	11	directly	directly	ADV
ape-1726	183	12	or	or	CCONJ
ape-1726	183	13	indirectly	indirectly	ADV
ape-1726	183	14	influence	influence	VERB
ape-1726	183	15	the	the	DET
ape-1726	183	16	choice	choice	NOUN
ape-1726	183	17	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	183	18	candidacy	candidacy	NOUN
ape-1726	183	19	through	through	ADP
ape-1726	183	20	advice	advice	NOUN
ape-1726	183	21	received	receive	VERB
ape-1726	183	22	from	from	ADP
ape-1726	183	23	the	the	DET
ape-1726	183	24	council	council	NOUN
ape-1726	183	25	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	183	26	states	state	NOUN
ape-1726	183	27	or	or	CCONJ
ape-1726	183	28	council	council	NOUN
ape-1726	183	29	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	183	30	traditional	traditional	ADJ
ape-1726	183	31	rulers	ruler	NOUN
ape-1726	183	32	in	in	ADP
ape-1726	183	33	a	a	DET
ape-1726	183	34	state	state	NOUN
ape-1726	183	35	.	.	PUNCT
ape-1726	184	1	furthermore	furthermore	ADV
ape-1726	184	2	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	184	3	ihemeje	ihemeje	ADJ
ape-1726	184	4	(	(	PUNCT
ape-1726	184	5	2014	2014	NUM
ape-1726	184	6	)	)	PUNCT
ape-1726	184	7	expatiated	expatiate	VERB
ape-1726	184	8	that	that	SCONJ
ape-1726	184	9	this	this	DET
ape-1726	184	10	view	view	NOUN
ape-1726	184	11	was	be	AUX
ape-1726	184	12	demonstrated	demonstrate	VERB
ape-1726	184	13	at	at	ADP
ape-1726	184	14	the	the	DET
ape-1726	184	15	instances	instance	NOUN
ape-1726	184	16	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	184	17	adam	adam	PROPN
ape-1726	184	18	oshiomole	oshiomole	NOUN
ape-1726	184	19	and	and	CCONJ
ape-1726	184	20	isiakaajumobi	isiakaajumobi	NOUN
ape-1726	184	21	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	184	22	action	action	NOUN
ape-1726	184	23	congress	congress	PROPN
ape-1726	184	24	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	184	25	nigeria	nigeria	PROPN
ape-1726	184	26	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	184	27	now	now	ADV
ape-1726	184	28	all	all	DET
ape-1726	184	29	progressive	progressive	ADJ
ape-1726	184	30	congress	congress	PROPN
ape-1726	184	31	(	(	PUNCT
ape-1726	184	32	apc	apc	PROPN
ape-1726	184	33	)	)	PUNCT
ape-1726	184	34	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	184	35	they	they	PRON
ape-1726	184	36	emerged	emerge	VERB
ape-1726	184	37	as	as	ADP
ape-1726	184	38	governors	governor	NOUN
ape-1726	184	39	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	184	40	edo	edo	PROPN
ape-1726	184	41	and	and	CCONJ
ape-1726	184	42	oyo	oyo	NOUN
ape-1726	184	43	states	state	NOUN
ape-1726	184	44	respectively	respectively	ADV
ape-1726	184	45	because	because	SCONJ
ape-1726	184	46	they	they	PRON
ape-1726	184	47	were	be	AUX
ape-1726	184	48	endorsed	endorse	VERB
ape-1726	184	49	by	by	ADP
ape-1726	184	50	traditional	traditional	ADJ
ape-1726	184	51	rulers	ruler	NOUN
ape-1726	184	52	and	and	CCONJ
ape-1726	184	53	chiefs	chief	NOUN
ape-1726	184	54	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	184	55	their	their	PRON
ape-1726	184	56	respective	respective	ADJ
ape-1726	184	57	states	state	NOUN
ape-1726	184	58	.	.	PUNCT
ape-1726	185	1	www.scholink.org/ojs/index.php/ape	www.scholink.org/ojs/index.php/ape	NOUN
ape-1726	185	2	advances	advance	NOUN
ape-1726	185	3	in	in	ADP
ape-1726	185	4	politics	politic	NOUN
ape-1726	185	5	and	and	CCONJ
ape-1726	185	6	economic	economic	ADJ
ape-1726	185	7	vol	vol	NOUN
ape-1726	185	8	.	.	PROPN
ape-1726	186	1	2	2	NUM
ape-1726	186	2	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	186	3	no	no	INTJ
ape-1726	186	4	.	.	NOUN
ape-1726	186	5	1	1	NUM
ape-1726	186	6	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	186	7	2019	2019	NUM
ape-1726	186	8	11	11	NUM
ape-1726	186	9	published	publish	VERB
ape-1726	186	10	by	by	ADP
ape-1726	186	11	scholink	scholink	PROPN
ape-1726	186	12	inc	inc	PROPN
ape-1726	186	13	.	.	PROPN
ape-1726	186	14	3	3	X
ape-1726	186	15	.	.	X
ape-1726	186	16	result	result	NOUN
ape-1726	186	17	/	/	SYM
ape-1726	186	18	finding	find	VERB
ape-1726	186	19	findings	finding	NOUN
ape-1726	186	20	from	from	ADP
ape-1726	186	21	field	field	NOUN
ape-1726	186	22	survey	survey	NOUN
ape-1726	186	23	revealed	reveal	VERB
ape-1726	186	24	that	that	SCONJ
ape-1726	186	25	prominent	prominent	ADJ
ape-1726	186	26	traditional	traditional	ADJ
ape-1726	186	27	rulers	ruler	NOUN
ape-1726	186	28	in	in	ADP
ape-1726	186	29	nigeria	nigeria	PROPN
ape-1726	186	30	have	have	AUX
ape-1726	186	31	been	be	AUX
ape-1726	186	32	fully	fully	ADV
ape-1726	186	33	involved	involve	VERB
ape-1726	186	34	in	in	ADP
ape-1726	186	35	the	the	DET
ape-1726	186	36	nigerian	nigerian	ADJ
ape-1726	186	37	electoral	electoral	ADJ
ape-1726	186	38	processes	process	NOUN
ape-1726	186	39	.	.	PUNCT
ape-1726	187	1	ayuba	ayuba	PROPN
ape-1726	187	2	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	187	3	a	a	DET
ape-1726	187	4	high	high	ADJ
ape-1726	187	5	chief	chief	NOUN
ape-1726	187	6	from	from	ADP
ape-1726	187	7	ilorin	ilorin	NOUN
ape-1726	187	8	emirate	emirate	NOUN
ape-1726	187	9	council	council	NOUN
ape-1726	187	10	(	(	PUNCT
ape-1726	187	11	2013	2013	NUM
ape-1726	187	12	as	as	SCONJ
ape-1726	187	13	cited	cite	VERB
ape-1726	187	14	in	in	ADP
ape-1726	187	15	ihemeje	ihemeje	ADJ
ape-1726	187	16	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	187	17	2014	2014	NUM
ape-1726	187	18	)	)	PUNCT
ape-1726	187	19	noted	note	VERB
ape-1726	187	20	that	that	SCONJ
ape-1726	187	21	traditional	traditional	ADJ
ape-1726	187	22	rulers	ruler	NOUN
ape-1726	187	23	have	have	VERB
ape-1726	187	24	indirect	indirect	ADJ
ape-1726	187	25	role	role	NOUN
ape-1726	187	26	in	in	ADP
ape-1726	187	27	electoral	electoral	ADJ
ape-1726	187	28	process	process	NOUN
ape-1726	187	29	as	as	SCONJ
ape-1726	187	30	they	they	PRON
ape-1726	187	31	are	be	AUX
ape-1726	187	32	been	be	AUX
ape-1726	187	33	heavily	heavily	ADV
ape-1726	187	34	relied	rely	VERB
ape-1726	187	35	on	on	ADP
ape-1726	187	36	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	187	37	because	because	SCONJ
ape-1726	187	38	they	they	PRON
ape-1726	187	39	are	be	AUX
ape-1726	187	40	close	close	ADJ
ape-1726	187	41	to	to	ADP
ape-1726	187	42	the	the	DET
ape-1726	187	43	community	community	NOUN
ape-1726	187	44	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	187	45	endowed	endow	VERB
ape-1726	187	46	with	with	ADP
ape-1726	187	47	wisdom	wisdom	NOUN
ape-1726	187	48	drawn	draw	VERB
ape-1726	187	49	from	from	ADP
ape-1726	187	50	tradition	tradition	NOUN
ape-1726	187	51	and	and	CCONJ
ape-1726	187	52	culture	culture	NOUN
ape-1726	187	53	in	in	ADP
ape-1726	187	54	their	their	PRON
ape-1726	187	55	various	various	ADJ
ape-1726	187	56	domains	domain	NOUN
ape-1726	187	57	.	.	PUNCT
ape-1726	188	1	it	it	PRON
ape-1726	188	2	is	be	AUX
ape-1726	188	3	important	important	ADJ
ape-1726	188	4	to	to	PART
ape-1726	188	5	note	note	VERB
ape-1726	188	6	that	that	SCONJ
ape-1726	188	7	human	human	ADJ
ape-1726	188	8	beings	being	NOUN
ape-1726	188	9	are	be	AUX
ape-1726	188	10	political	political	ADJ
ape-1726	188	11	animals	animal	NOUN
ape-1726	188	12	so	so	ADV
ape-1726	188	13	also	also	ADV
ape-1726	188	14	the	the	DET
ape-1726	188	15	traditional	traditional	ADJ
ape-1726	188	16	rulers	ruler	NOUN
ape-1726	188	17	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	188	18	but	but	CCONJ
ape-1726	188	19	they	they	PRON
ape-1726	188	20	however	however	ADV
ape-1726	188	21	do	do	AUX
ape-1726	188	22	not	not	PART
ape-1726	188	23	own	own	VERB
ape-1726	188	24	or	or	CCONJ
ape-1726	188	25	form	form	VERB
ape-1726	188	26	political	political	ADJ
ape-1726	188	27	party	party	NOUN
ape-1726	188	28	.	.	PUNCT
ape-1726	189	1	what	what	PRON
ape-1726	189	2	they	they	PRON
ape-1726	189	3	do	do	AUX
ape-1726	189	4	essentially	essentially	ADV
ape-1726	189	5	in	in	ADP
ape-1726	189	6	electoral	electoral	ADJ
ape-1726	189	7	process	process	NOUN
ape-1726	189	8	is	be	AUX
ape-1726	189	9	to	to	PART
ape-1726	189	10	engage	engage	VERB
ape-1726	189	11	in	in	ADP
ape-1726	189	12	enlightenment	enlightenment	ADJ
ape-1726	189	13	programs	program	NOUN
ape-1726	189	14	for	for	ADP
ape-1726	189	15	their	their	PRON
ape-1726	189	16	subjects	subject	NOUN
ape-1726	189	17	before	before	ADP
ape-1726	189	18	elections	election	NOUN
ape-1726	189	19	such	such	ADJ
ape-1726	189	20	as	as	ADP
ape-1726	189	21	those	those	PRON
ape-1726	189	22	involving	involve	VERB
ape-1726	189	23	registrations	registration	NOUN
ape-1726	189	24	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	189	25	voting	voting	NOUN
ape-1726	189	26	and	and	CCONJ
ape-1726	189	27	peace	peace	NOUN
ape-1726	189	28	-	-	PUNCT
ape-1726	189	29	making	making	NOUN
ape-1726	189	30	.	.	PUNCT
ape-1726	190	1	ayuba	ayuba	PROPN
ape-1726	190	2	(	(	PUNCT
ape-1726	190	3	2013	2013	NUM
ape-1726	190	4	as	as	SCONJ
ape-1726	190	5	cited	cite	VERB
ape-1726	190	6	in	in	ADP
ape-1726	190	7	ihemeje	ihemeje	ADJ
ape-1726	190	8	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	190	9	2014	2014	NUM
ape-1726	190	10	)	)	PUNCT
ape-1726	190	11	further	far	ADV
ape-1726	190	12	expressed	express	VERB
ape-1726	190	13	that	that	SCONJ
ape-1726	190	14	they	they	PRON
ape-1726	190	15	also	also	ADV
ape-1726	190	16	organized	organize	VERB
ape-1726	190	17	meetings	meeting	NOUN
ape-1726	190	18	with	with	ADP
ape-1726	190	19	security	security	NOUN
ape-1726	190	20	officials	official	NOUN
ape-1726	190	21	toward	toward	ADP
ape-1726	190	22	a	a	DET
ape-1726	190	23	hitch	hitch	NOUN
ape-1726	190	24	-	-	PUNCT
ape-1726	190	25	free	free	ADJ
ape-1726	190	26	election	election	NOUN
ape-1726	190	27	exercise	exercise	NOUN
ape-1726	190	28	.	.	PUNCT
ape-1726	191	1	in	in	ADP
ape-1726	191	2	his	his	PRON
ape-1726	191	3	statement	statement	NOUN
ape-1726	191	4	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	191	5	ayuba	ayuba	PROPN
ape-1726	191	6	opined	opine	VERB
ape-1726	191	7	that	that	SCONJ
ape-1726	191	8	one	one	PRON
ape-1726	191	9	may	may	AUX
ape-1726	191	10	think	think	VERB
ape-1726	191	11	a	a	DET
ape-1726	191	12	good	good	ADJ
ape-1726	191	13	traditional	traditional	ADJ
ape-1726	191	14	ruler	ruler	NOUN
ape-1726	191	15	should	should	AUX
ape-1726	191	16	not	not	PART
ape-1726	191	17	be	be	AUX
ape-1726	191	18	a	a	DET
ape-1726	191	19	politician	politician	NOUN
ape-1726	191	20	rather	rather	ADV
ape-1726	191	21	he	he	PRON
ape-1726	191	22	should	should	AUX
ape-1726	191	23	have	have	VERB
ape-1726	191	24	interest	interest	NOUN
ape-1726	191	25	in	in	ADP
ape-1726	191	26	political	political	ADJ
ape-1726	191	27	party	party	NOUN
ape-1726	191	28	and	and	CCONJ
ape-1726	191	29	candidates	candidate	NOUN
ape-1726	191	30	by	by	ADP
ape-1726	191	31	taking	take	VERB
ape-1726	191	32	cognizance	cognizance	NOUN
ape-1726	191	33	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	191	34	their	their	PRON
ape-1726	191	35	manifestoes	manifesto	NOUN
ape-1726	191	36	.	.	PUNCT
ape-1726	192	1	however	however	ADV
ape-1726	192	2	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	192	3	their	their	PRON
ape-1726	192	4	main	main	ADJ
ape-1726	192	5	role	role	NOUN
ape-1726	192	6	is	be	AUX
ape-1726	192	7	to	to	PART
ape-1726	192	8	galvanize	galvanize	VERB
ape-1726	192	9	and	and	CCONJ
ape-1726	192	10	sensitize	sensitize	VERB
ape-1726	192	11	their	their	PRON
ape-1726	192	12	subjects	subject	NOUN
ape-1726	192	13	to	to	PART
ape-1726	192	14	participate	participate	VERB
ape-1726	192	15	in	in	ADP
ape-1726	192	16	elections	election	NOUN
ape-1726	192	17	and	and	CCONJ
ape-1726	192	18	ensuring	ensure	VERB
ape-1726	192	19	that	that	SCONJ
ape-1726	192	20	they	they	PRON
ape-1726	192	21	are	be	AUX
ape-1726	192	22	well	well	ADV
ape-1726	192	23	-	-	PUNCT
ape-1726	192	24	behaved	behave	VERB
ape-1726	192	25	during	during	ADP
ape-1726	192	26	and	and	CCONJ
ape-1726	192	27	after	after	ADP
ape-1726	192	28	elections	election	NOUN
ape-1726	192	29	.	.	PUNCT
ape-1726	193	1	this	this	PRON
ape-1726	193	2	clearly	clearly	ADV
ape-1726	193	3	indicates	indicate	VERB
ape-1726	193	4	that	that	SCONJ
ape-1726	193	5	their	their	PRON
ape-1726	193	6	role	role	NOUN
ape-1726	193	7	can	can	AUX
ape-1726	193	8	not	not	PART
ape-1726	193	9	be	be	AUX
ape-1726	193	10	overemphasized	overemphasize	VERB
ape-1726	193	11	as	as	ADV
ape-1726	193	12	far	far	ADV
ape-1726	193	13	as	as	SCONJ
ape-1726	193	14	the	the	DET
ape-1726	193	15	electoral	electoral	ADJ
ape-1726	193	16	process	process	NOUN
ape-1726	193	17	is	be	AUX
ape-1726	193	18	concerned	concern	VERB
ape-1726	193	19	in	in	ADP
ape-1726	193	20	nigeria	nigeria	PROPN
ape-1726	193	21	.	.	PUNCT
ape-1726	194	1	high	high	ADJ
ape-1726	194	2	chief	chief	ADJ
ape-1726	194	3	ofiliukpabi	ofiliukpabi	NOUN
ape-1726	194	4	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	194	5	a	a	DET
ape-1726	194	6	titled	title	VERB
ape-1726	194	7	chief	chief	NOUN
ape-1726	194	8	and	and	CCONJ
ape-1726	194	9	member	member	NOUN
ape-1726	194	10	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	194	11	the	the	DET
ape-1726	194	12	traditional	traditional	ADJ
ape-1726	194	13	rulers	ruler	NOUN
ape-1726	194	14	’	'	PUNCT
ape-1726	194	15	council	council	NOUN
ape-1726	194	16	discussed	discuss	VERB
ape-1726	194	17	extensively	extensively	ADV
ape-1726	194	18	on	on	ADP
ape-1726	194	19	the	the	DET
ape-1726	194	20	role	role	NOUN
ape-1726	194	21	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	194	22	traditional	traditional	ADJ
ape-1726	194	23	rulers	ruler	NOUN
ape-1726	194	24	in	in	ADP
ape-1726	194	25	nigerian	nigerian	ADJ
ape-1726	194	26	electoral	electoral	ADJ
ape-1726	194	27	process	process	NOUN
ape-1726	194	28	.	.	PUNCT
ape-1726	195	1	as	as	ADP
ape-1726	195	2	a	a	DET
ape-1726	195	3	chief	chief	ADJ
ape-1726	195	4	cabinet	cabinet	NOUN
ape-1726	195	5	member	member	NOUN
ape-1726	195	6	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	195	7	igwennaemeka	igwennaemeka	PROPN
ape-1726	195	8	achebe	achebe	PROPN
ape-1726	195	9	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	195	10	obi	obi	PROPN
ape-1726	195	11	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	195	12	onitsha	onitsha	PROPN
ape-1726	195	13	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	195	14	anambra	anambra	PROPN
ape-1726	195	15	state	state	PROPN
ape-1726	195	16	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	195	17	he	he	PRON
ape-1726	195	18	revealed	reveal	VERB
ape-1726	195	19	that	that	SCONJ
ape-1726	195	20	traditional	traditional	ADJ
ape-1726	195	21	rulers	ruler	NOUN
ape-1726	195	22	are	be	AUX
ape-1726	195	23	very	very	ADV
ape-1726	195	24	instrumental	instrumental	ADJ
ape-1726	195	25	to	to	ADP
ape-1726	195	26	ensuring	ensure	VERB
ape-1726	195	27	development	development	NOUN
ape-1726	195	28	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	195	29	peace	peace	NOUN
ape-1726	195	30	and	and	CCONJ
ape-1726	195	31	stability	stability	NOUN
ape-1726	195	32	in	in	ADP
ape-1726	195	33	the	the	DET
ape-1726	195	34	country	country	NOUN
ape-1726	195	35	’s	’s	PART
ape-1726	195	36	political	political	ADJ
ape-1726	195	37	system	system	NOUN
ape-1726	195	38	.	.	PUNCT
ape-1726	196	1	ihemeje	ihemeje	ADJ
ape-1726	196	2	(	(	PUNCT
ape-1726	196	3	2014	2014	NUM
ape-1726	196	4	)	)	PUNCT
ape-1726	196	5	noted	note	VERB
ape-1726	196	6	during	during	ADP
ape-1726	196	7	the	the	DET
ape-1726	196	8	course	course	NOUN
ape-1726	196	9	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	196	10	interview	interview	NOUN
ape-1726	196	11	with	with	ADP
ape-1726	196	12	the	the	DET
ape-1726	196	13	mentioned	mention	VERB
ape-1726	196	14	high	high	ADJ
ape-1726	196	15	chief	chief	NOUN
ape-1726	196	16	that	that	PRON
ape-1726	196	17	these	these	DET
ape-1726	196	18	roles	role	NOUN
ape-1726	196	19	played	play	VERB
ape-1726	196	20	by	by	ADP
ape-1726	196	21	traditional	traditional	ADJ
ape-1726	196	22	rulers	ruler	NOUN
ape-1726	196	23	reflect	reflect	VERB
ape-1726	196	24	positively	positively	ADV
ape-1726	196	25	on	on	ADP
ape-1726	196	26	their	their	PRON
ape-1726	196	27	impact	impact	NOUN
ape-1726	196	28	in	in	ADP
ape-1726	196	29	the	the	DET
ape-1726	196	30	country	country	NOUN
ape-1726	196	31	’s	’s	PART
ape-1726	196	32	electoral	electoral	ADJ
ape-1726	196	33	process	process	NOUN
ape-1726	196	34	.	.	PUNCT
ape-1726	197	1	for	for	ADP
ape-1726	197	2	instance	instance	NOUN
ape-1726	197	3	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	197	4	no	no	DET
ape-1726	197	5	traditional	traditional	ADJ
ape-1726	197	6	ruler	ruler	NOUN
ape-1726	197	7	would	would	AUX
ape-1726	197	8	be	be	AUX
ape-1726	197	9	satisfied	satisfied	ADJ
ape-1726	197	10	with	with	ADP
ape-1726	197	11	rigging	rigging	NOUN
ape-1726	197	12	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	197	13	thuggery	thuggery	NOUN
ape-1726	197	14	and	and	CCONJ
ape-1726	197	15	hooliganism	hooliganism	NOUN
ape-1726	197	16	during	during	ADP
ape-1726	197	17	elections	election	NOUN
ape-1726	197	18	.	.	PUNCT
ape-1726	198	1	so	so	ADV
ape-1726	198	2	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	198	3	their	their	PRON
ape-1726	198	4	role	role	NOUN
ape-1726	198	5	is	be	AUX
ape-1726	198	6	very	very	ADV
ape-1726	198	7	crucial	crucial	ADJ
ape-1726	198	8	towards	towards	ADP
ape-1726	198	9	the	the	DET
ape-1726	198	10	successful	successful	ADJ
ape-1726	198	11	conduct	conduct	NOUN
ape-1726	198	12	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	198	13	elections	election	NOUN
ape-1726	198	14	.	.	PUNCT
ape-1726	199	1	what	what	PRON
ape-1726	199	2	they	they	PRON
ape-1726	199	3	do	do	AUX
ape-1726	199	4	in	in	ADP
ape-1726	199	5	most	most	ADJ
ape-1726	199	6	cases	case	NOUN
ape-1726	199	7	include	include	VERB
ape-1726	199	8	holding	hold	VERB
ape-1726	199	9	meetings	meeting	NOUN
ape-1726	199	10	and	and	CCONJ
ape-1726	199	11	deliberating	deliberate	VERB
ape-1726	199	12	how	how	SCONJ
ape-1726	199	13	to	to	PART
ape-1726	199	14	ensure	ensure	VERB
ape-1726	199	15	hitch	hitch	NOUN
ape-1726	199	16	-	-	PUNCT
ape-1726	199	17	free	free	ADJ
ape-1726	199	18	elections	election	NOUN
ape-1726	199	19	with	with	ADP
ape-1726	199	20	their	their	PRON
ape-1726	199	21	chiefs	chief	NOUN
ape-1726	199	22	and	and	CCONJ
ape-1726	199	23	subjects	subject	NOUN
ape-1726	199	24	.	.	PUNCT
ape-1726	200	1	ukpabi	ukpabi	NOUN
ape-1726	200	2	(	(	PUNCT
ape-1726	200	3	2012	2012	NUM
ape-1726	200	4	as	as	SCONJ
ape-1726	200	5	cited	cite	VERB
ape-1726	200	6	in	in	ADP
ape-1726	200	7	ihemeje	ihemeje	ADJ
ape-1726	200	8	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	200	9	2014	2014	NUM
ape-1726	200	10	)	)	PUNCT
ape-1726	200	11	demonstrated	demonstrate	VERB
ape-1726	200	12	that	that	SCONJ
ape-1726	200	13	they	they	PRON
ape-1726	200	14	give	give	VERB
ape-1726	200	15	political	political	ADJ
ape-1726	200	16	education	education	NOUN
ape-1726	200	17	to	to	ADP
ape-1726	200	18	their	their	PRON
ape-1726	200	19	subjects	subject	NOUN
ape-1726	200	20	to	to	PART
ape-1726	200	21	include	include	VERB
ape-1726	200	22	those	those	PRON
ape-1726	200	23	at	at	ADP
ape-1726	200	24	home	home	NOUN
ape-1726	200	25	and	and	CCONJ
ape-1726	200	26	in	in	ADP
ape-1726	200	27	diaspora	diaspora	PROPN
ape-1726	200	28	.	.	PUNCT
ape-1726	201	1	they	they	PRON
ape-1726	201	2	used	use	VERB
ape-1726	201	3	the	the	DET
ape-1726	201	4	media	medium	NOUN
ape-1726	201	5	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	201	6	town	town	NOUN
ape-1726	201	7	meetings	meeting	NOUN
ape-1726	201	8	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	201	9	traditional	traditional	ADJ
ape-1726	201	10	council	council	NOUN
ape-1726	201	11	meetings	meeting	NOUN
ape-1726	201	12	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	201	13	and	and	CCONJ
ape-1726	201	14	other	other	ADJ
ape-1726	201	15	important	important	ADJ
ape-1726	201	16	avenues	avenue	NOUN
ape-1726	201	17	to	to	PART
ape-1726	201	18	disseminate	disseminate	VERB
ape-1726	201	19	electoral	electoral	ADJ
ape-1726	201	20	messages	message	NOUN
ape-1726	201	21	.	.	PUNCT
ape-1726	202	1	they	they	PRON
ape-1726	202	2	do	do	AUX
ape-1726	202	3	not	not	PART
ape-1726	202	4	directly	directly	ADV
ape-1726	202	5	get	get	AUX
ape-1726	202	6	involved	involve	VERB
ape-1726	202	7	in	in	ADP
ape-1726	202	8	politics	politic	NOUN
ape-1726	202	9	however	however	ADV
ape-1726	202	10	;	;	PUNCT
ape-1726	202	11	rather	rather	ADV
ape-1726	202	12	buy	buy	VERB
ape-1726	202	13	into	into	ADP
ape-1726	202	14	the	the	DET
ape-1726	202	15	programs	program	NOUN
ape-1726	202	16	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	202	17	a	a	DET
ape-1726	202	18	given	give	VERB
ape-1726	202	19	political	political	ADJ
ape-1726	202	20	party	party	NOUN
ape-1726	202	21	.	.	PUNCT
ape-1726	203	1	however	however	ADV
ape-1726	203	2	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	203	3	the	the	DET
ape-1726	203	4	role	role	NOUN
ape-1726	203	5	they	they	PRON
ape-1726	203	6	play	play	VERB
ape-1726	203	7	in	in	ADP
ape-1726	203	8	the	the	DET
ape-1726	203	9	electoral	electoral	ADJ
ape-1726	203	10	process	process	NOUN
ape-1726	203	11	is	be	AUX
ape-1726	203	12	very	very	ADV
ape-1726	203	13	germane	germane	ADJ
ape-1726	203	14	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	203	15	particularly	particularly	ADV
ape-1726	203	16	in	in	ADP
ape-1726	203	17	the	the	DET
ape-1726	203	18	fourth	fourth	ADJ
ape-1726	203	19	republic	republic	NOUN
ape-1726	203	20	.	.	PUNCT
ape-1726	204	1	between	between	ADP
ape-1726	204	2	1999	1999	NUM
ape-1726	204	3	and	and	CCONJ
ape-1726	204	4	2011	2011	NUM
ape-1726	204	5	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	204	6	their	their	PRON
ape-1726	204	7	impacts	impact	NOUN
ape-1726	204	8	have	have	AUX
ape-1726	204	9	been	be	AUX
ape-1726	204	10	rewarding	reward	VERB
ape-1726	204	11	and	and	CCONJ
ape-1726	204	12	even	even	ADV
ape-1726	204	13	became	become	VERB
ape-1726	204	14	more	more	ADV
ape-1726	204	15	unprecedented	unprecedented	ADJ
ape-1726	204	16	since	since	SCONJ
ape-1726	204	17	2002	2002	NUM
ape-1726	204	18	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	204	19	being	be	AUX
ape-1726	204	20	the	the	DET
ape-1726	204	21	period	period	NOUN
ape-1726	204	22	that	that	PRON
ape-1726	204	23	marked	mark	VERB
ape-1726	204	24	the	the	DET
ape-1726	204	25	installment	installment	NOUN
ape-1726	204	26	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	204	27	igwennaemeka	igwennaemeka	NOUN
ape-1726	204	28	achebe	achebe	PROPN
ape-1726	204	29	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	204	30	obi	obi	PROPN
ape-1726	204	31	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	204	32	onitsha	onitsha	NOUN
ape-1726	204	33	in	in	ADP
ape-1726	204	34	the	the	DET
ape-1726	204	35	case	case	NOUN
ape-1726	204	36	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	204	37	anambra	anambra	PROPN
ape-1726	204	38	state	state	PROPN
ape-1726	204	39	.	.	PUNCT
ape-1726	205	1	other	other	ADJ
ape-1726	205	2	sister	sister	NOUN
ape-1726	205	3	states	state	NOUN
ape-1726	205	4	in	in	ADP
ape-1726	205	5	the	the	DET
ape-1726	205	6	south	south	ADJ
ape-1726	205	7	-	-	PUNCT
ape-1726	205	8	east	east	NOUN
ape-1726	205	9	geopolitical	geopolitical	ADJ
ape-1726	205	10	zone	zone	NOUN
ape-1726	205	11	have	have	AUX
ape-1726	205	12	also	also	ADV
ape-1726	205	13	borrowed	borrow	VERB
ape-1726	205	14	a	a	DET
ape-1726	205	15	great	great	ADJ
ape-1726	205	16	deal	deal	NOUN
ape-1726	205	17	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	205	18	proper	proper	ADJ
ape-1726	205	19	conduct	conduct	NOUN
ape-1726	205	20	in	in	ADP
ape-1726	205	21	the	the	DET
ape-1726	205	22	electoral	electoral	ADJ
ape-1726	205	23	process	process	NOUN
ape-1726	205	24	from	from	ADP
ape-1726	205	25	his	his	PRON
ape-1726	205	26	royal	royal	ADJ
ape-1726	205	27	highness	highness	NOUN
ape-1726	205	28	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	205	29	igwennaemeka	igwennaemeka	PROPN
ape-1726	205	30	achebe	achebe	PROPN
ape-1726	205	31	.	.	PUNCT
ape-1726	206	1	i	i	PRON
ape-1726	206	2	mean	mean	VERB
ape-1726	206	3	traditional	traditional	ADJ
ape-1726	206	4	rulers	ruler	NOUN
ape-1726	206	5	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	206	6	imo	imo	ADJ
ape-1726	206	7	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	206	8	enugu	enugu	PROPN
ape-1726	206	9	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	206	10	abia	abia	PROPN
ape-1726	206	11	and	and	CCONJ
ape-1726	206	12	ebonyi	ebonyi	PROPN
ape-1726	206	13	states	state	NOUN
ape-1726	206	14	respectively	respectively	ADV
ape-1726	206	15	.	.	PUNCT
ape-1726	207	1	ladigbolu	ladigbolu	PROPN
ape-1726	207	2	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	207	3	a	a	DET
ape-1726	207	4	high	high	ADJ
ape-1726	207	5	chief	chief	NOUN
ape-1726	207	6	from	from	ADP
ape-1726	207	7	oyo	oyo	NOUN
ape-1726	207	8	traditional	traditional	ADJ
ape-1726	207	9	ruling	rule	VERB
ape-1726	207	10	council	council	NOUN
ape-1726	207	11	(	(	PUNCT
ape-1726	207	12	2013	2013	NUM
ape-1726	207	13	as	as	SCONJ
ape-1726	207	14	cited	cite	VERB
ape-1726	207	15	in	in	ADP
ape-1726	207	16	ihemeje	ihemeje	ADJ
ape-1726	207	17	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	207	18	2014	2014	NUM
ape-1726	207	19	)	)	PUNCT
ape-1726	207	20	commented	comment	VERB
ape-1726	207	21	on	on	ADP
ape-1726	207	22	the	the	DET
ape-1726	207	23	role	role	NOUN
ape-1726	207	24	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	207	25	alaafin	alaafin	NOUN
ape-1726	207	26	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	207	27	oyo	oyo	NOUN
ape-1726	207	28	as	as	ADP
ape-1726	207	29	a	a	DET
ape-1726	207	30	traditional	traditional	ADJ
ape-1726	207	31	ruler	ruler	NOUN
ape-1726	207	32	in	in	ADP
ape-1726	207	33	nigerian	nigerian	ADJ
ape-1726	207	34	electoral	electoral	ADJ
ape-1726	207	35	processes	process	NOUN
ape-1726	207	36	.	.	PUNCT
ape-1726	208	1	he	he	PRON
ape-1726	208	2	www.scholink.org/ojs/index.php/ape	www.scholink.org/ojs/index.php/ape	NOUN
ape-1726	208	3	advances	advance	VERB
ape-1726	208	4	in	in	ADP
ape-1726	208	5	politics	politic	NOUN
ape-1726	208	6	and	and	CCONJ
ape-1726	208	7	economic	economic	ADJ
ape-1726	208	8	vol	vol	NOUN
ape-1726	208	9	.	.	PROPN
ape-1726	209	1	2	2	NUM
ape-1726	209	2	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	209	3	no	no	INTJ
ape-1726	209	4	.	.	NOUN
ape-1726	209	5	1	1	NUM
ape-1726	209	6	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	209	7	2019	2019	NUM
ape-1726	209	8	12	12	NUM
ape-1726	209	9	published	publish	VERB
ape-1726	209	10	by	by	ADP
ape-1726	209	11	scholink	scholink	PROPN
ape-1726	209	12	inc	inc	PROPN
ape-1726	209	13	.	.	PROPN
ape-1726	210	1	stressed	stress	VERB
ape-1726	210	2	that	that	SCONJ
ape-1726	210	3	the	the	DET
ape-1726	210	4	traditional	traditional	ADJ
ape-1726	210	5	ruler	ruler	NOUN
ape-1726	210	6	like	like	ADP
ape-1726	210	7	that	that	PRON
ape-1726	210	8	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	210	9	the	the	DET
ape-1726	210	10	alaafin	alaafin	NOUN
ape-1726	210	11	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	210	12	oyo	oyo	NOUN
ape-1726	210	13	performs	perform	VERB
ape-1726	210	14	a	a	DET
ape-1726	210	15	pertinent	pertinent	ADJ
ape-1726	210	16	role	role	NOUN
ape-1726	210	17	in	in	ADP
ape-1726	210	18	the	the	DET
ape-1726	210	19	electoral	electoral	ADJ
ape-1726	210	20	process	process	NOUN
ape-1726	210	21	particularly	particularly	ADV
ape-1726	210	22	in	in	ADP
ape-1726	210	23	ensuring	ensure	VERB
ape-1726	210	24	that	that	SCONJ
ape-1726	210	25	wrong	wrong	ADJ
ape-1726	210	26	electoral	electoral	ADJ
ape-1726	210	27	procedures	procedure	NOUN
ape-1726	210	28	are	be	AUX
ape-1726	210	29	contested	contest	VERB
ape-1726	210	30	.	.	PUNCT
ape-1726	211	1	for	for	ADP
ape-1726	211	2	instance	instance	NOUN
ape-1726	211	3	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	211	4	alaafin	alaafin	PROPN
ape-1726	211	5	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	211	6	oyo	oyo	NOUN
ape-1726	211	7	does	do	AUX
ape-1726	211	8	not	not	PART
ape-1726	211	9	dabble	dabble	VERB
ape-1726	211	10	into	into	ADP
ape-1726	211	11	electoral	electoral	ADJ
ape-1726	211	12	disruptions	disruption	NOUN
ape-1726	211	13	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	211	14	as	as	SCONJ
ape-1726	211	15	it	it	PRON
ape-1726	211	16	were	be	AUX
ape-1726	211	17	.	.	PUNCT
ape-1726	212	1	as	as	ADP
ape-1726	212	2	part	part	NOUN
ape-1726	212	3	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	212	4	the	the	DET
ape-1726	212	5	role	role	NOUN
ape-1726	212	6	played	play	VERB
ape-1726	212	7	by	by	ADP
ape-1726	212	8	a	a	DET
ape-1726	212	9	traditional	traditional	ADJ
ape-1726	212	10	ruler	ruler	NOUN
ape-1726	212	11	in	in	ADP
ape-1726	212	12	an	an	DET
ape-1726	212	13	electoral	electoral	ADJ
ape-1726	212	14	process	process	NOUN
ape-1726	212	15	include	include	VERB
ape-1726	212	16	the	the	DET
ape-1726	212	17	acceptance	acceptance	NOUN
ape-1726	212	18	and	and	CCONJ
ape-1726	212	19	upholding	uphold	VERB
ape-1726	212	20	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	212	21	the	the	DET
ape-1726	212	22	electoral	electoral	ADJ
ape-1726	212	23	acts	act	NOUN
ape-1726	212	24	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	212	25	defending	defend	VERB
ape-1726	212	26	the	the	DET
ape-1726	212	27	course	course	NOUN
ape-1726	212	28	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	212	29	credible	credible	ADJ
ape-1726	212	30	elections	election	NOUN
ape-1726	212	31	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	212	32	that	that	PRON
ape-1726	212	33	is	be	AUX
ape-1726	212	34	to	to	PART
ape-1726	212	35	say	say	VERB
ape-1726	212	36	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	212	37	one	one	NUM
ape-1726	212	38	-	-	PUNCT
ape-1726	212	39	man	man	NOUN
ape-1726	212	40	-	-	PUNCT
ape-1726	212	41	one	one	NUM
ape-1726	212	42	-	-	PUNCT
ape-1726	212	43	vote	vote	NOUN
ape-1726	212	44	.	.	PUNCT
ape-1726	213	1	the	the	DET
ape-1726	213	2	traditional	traditional	ADJ
ape-1726	213	3	ruler	ruler	NOUN
ape-1726	213	4	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	213	5	in	in	ADP
ape-1726	213	6	his	his	PRON
ape-1726	213	7	wisdom	wisdom	NOUN
ape-1726	213	8	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	213	9	also	also	ADV
ape-1726	213	10	ensures	ensure	VERB
ape-1726	213	11	that	that	SCONJ
ape-1726	213	12	his	his	PRON
ape-1726	213	13	subjects	subject	NOUN
ape-1726	213	14	have	have	VERB
ape-1726	213	15	periodic	periodic	ADJ
ape-1726	213	16	and	and	CCONJ
ape-1726	213	17	quality	quality	NOUN
ape-1726	213	18	political	political	ADJ
ape-1726	213	19	education	education	NOUN
ape-1726	213	20	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	213	21	before	before	ADV
ape-1726	213	22	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	213	23	during	during	ADP
ape-1726	213	24	and	and	CCONJ
ape-1726	213	25	after	after	ADP
ape-1726	213	26	elections	election	NOUN
ape-1726	213	27	.	.	PUNCT
ape-1726	214	1	in	in	ADP
ape-1726	214	2	the	the	DET
ape-1726	214	3	view	view	NOUN
ape-1726	214	4	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	214	5	ladigbolu	ladigbolu	PROPN
ape-1726	214	6	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	214	7	“	"	PUNCT
ape-1726	214	8	what	what	PRON
ape-1726	214	9	weakens	weaken	VERB
ape-1726	214	10	electoral	electoral	ADJ
ape-1726	214	11	process	process	NOUN
ape-1726	214	12	in	in	ADP
ape-1726	214	13	nigeria	nigeria	PROPN
ape-1726	214	14	is	be	AUX
ape-1726	214	15	essentially	essentially	ADV
ape-1726	214	16	the	the	DET
ape-1726	214	17	introduction	introduction	NOUN
ape-1726	214	18	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	214	19	human	human	ADJ
ape-1726	214	20	weakness	weakness	NOUN
ape-1726	214	21	against	against	ADP
ape-1726	214	22	the	the	DET
ape-1726	214	23	electoral	electoral	ADJ
ape-1726	214	24	laws	law	NOUN
ape-1726	214	25	such	such	ADJ
ape-1726	214	26	as	as	ADP
ape-1726	214	27	rigging	rig	VERB
ape-1726	214	28	through	through	ADP
ape-1726	214	29	multiple	multiple	ADJ
ape-1726	214	30	voting	voting	NOUN
ape-1726	214	31	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	214	32	snatching	snatch	VERB
ape-1726	214	33	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	214	34	ballot	ballot	NOUN
ape-1726	214	35	boxes	box	NOUN
ape-1726	214	36	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	214	37	thuggery	thuggery	NOUN
ape-1726	214	38	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	214	39	and	and	CCONJ
ape-1726	214	40	electoral	electoral	ADJ
ape-1726	214	41	violence	violence	NOUN
ape-1726	214	42	.	.	PUNCT
ape-1726	215	1	and	and	CCONJ
ape-1726	215	2	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	215	3	course	course	NOUN
ape-1726	215	4	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	215	5	you	you	PRON
ape-1726	215	6	would	would	AUX
ape-1726	215	7	agree	agree	VERB
ape-1726	215	8	with	with	ADP
ape-1726	215	9	me	i	PRON
ape-1726	215	10	that	that	SCONJ
ape-1726	215	11	oyo	oyo	NOUN
ape-1726	215	12	state	state	NOUN
ape-1726	215	13	is	be	AUX
ape-1726	215	14	enmeshed	enmesh	VERB
ape-1726	215	15	with	with	ADP
ape-1726	215	16	electoral	electoral	ADJ
ape-1726	215	17	volatility	volatility	NOUN
ape-1726	215	18	when	when	SCONJ
ape-1726	215	19	compared	compare	VERB
ape-1726	215	20	with	with	ADP
ape-1726	215	21	other	other	ADJ
ape-1726	215	22	states	state	NOUN
ape-1726	215	23	in	in	ADP
ape-1726	215	24	the	the	DET
ape-1726	215	25	country	country	NOUN
ape-1726	215	26	”	"	PUNCT
ape-1726	215	27	(	(	PUNCT
ape-1726	215	28	ladigbolu	ladigbolu	PROPN
ape-1726	215	29	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	215	30	2013	2013	NUM
ape-1726	215	31	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	215	32	as	as	SCONJ
ape-1726	215	33	cited	cite	VERB
ape-1726	215	34	in	in	ADP
ape-1726	215	35	ihemeje	ihemeje	ADJ
ape-1726	215	36	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	215	37	2014	2014	NUM
ape-1726	215	38	)	)	PUNCT
ape-1726	215	39	.	.	PUNCT
ape-1726	216	1	he	he	PRON
ape-1726	216	2	believed	believe	VERB
ape-1726	216	3	that	that	SCONJ
ape-1726	216	4	the	the	DET
ape-1726	216	5	traditional	traditional	ADJ
ape-1726	216	6	ruler	ruler	NOUN
ape-1726	216	7	should	should	AUX
ape-1726	216	8	be	be	AUX
ape-1726	216	9	amenable	amenable	ADJ
ape-1726	216	10	to	to	ADP
ape-1726	216	11	information	information	NOUN
ape-1726	216	12	regarding	regard	VERB
ape-1726	216	13	electoral	electoral	ADJ
ape-1726	216	14	process	process	NOUN
ape-1726	216	15	.	.	PUNCT
ape-1726	217	1	to	to	ADP
ape-1726	217	2	a	a	DET
ape-1726	217	3	very	very	ADV
ape-1726	217	4	large	large	ADJ
ape-1726	217	5	extent	extent	NOUN
ape-1726	217	6	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	217	7	the	the	DET
ape-1726	217	8	alaafin	alaafin	NOUN
ape-1726	217	9	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	217	10	oyo	oyo	NOUN
ape-1726	217	11	had	have	AUX
ape-1726	217	12	been	be	AUX
ape-1726	217	13	very	very	ADV
ape-1726	217	14	supportive	supportive	ADJ
ape-1726	217	15	in	in	ADP
ape-1726	217	16	the	the	DET
ape-1726	217	17	electoral	electoral	ADJ
ape-1726	217	18	process	process	NOUN
ape-1726	217	19	.	.	PUNCT
ape-1726	218	1	in	in	ADP
ape-1726	218	2	edebiri	edebiri	PROPN
ape-1726	218	3	’s	’s	PART
ape-1726	218	4	view	view	NOUN
ape-1726	218	5	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	218	6	a	a	DET
ape-1726	218	7	high	high	ADJ
ape-1726	218	8	chief	chief	NOUN
ape-1726	218	9	and	and	CCONJ
ape-1726	218	10	second	second	ADJ
ape-1726	218	11	in	in	ADP
ape-1726	218	12	command	command	NOUN
ape-1726	218	13	to	to	ADP
ape-1726	218	14	the	the	DET
ape-1726	218	15	then	then	ADV
ape-1726	218	16	oba	oba	PROPN
ape-1726	218	17	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	218	18	benin	benin	PROPN
ape-1726	218	19	observed	observe	VERB
ape-1726	218	20	that	that	SCONJ
ape-1726	218	21	the	the	DET
ape-1726	218	22	oba	oba	PROPN
ape-1726	218	23	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	218	24	benin	benin	PROPN
ape-1726	218	25	is	be	AUX
ape-1726	218	26	the	the	DET
ape-1726	218	27	traditional	traditional	ADJ
ape-1726	218	28	head	head	NOUN
ape-1726	218	29	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	218	30	all	all	DET
ape-1726	218	31	the	the	DET
ape-1726	218	32	traditional	traditional	ADJ
ape-1726	218	33	rulers	ruler	NOUN
ape-1726	218	34	in	in	ADP
ape-1726	218	35	edo	edo	PROPN
ape-1726	218	36	state	state	NOUN
ape-1726	218	37	and	and	CCONJ
ape-1726	218	38	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	218	39	course	course	NOUN
ape-1726	218	40	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	218	41	a	a	DET
ape-1726	218	42	very	very	ADV
ape-1726	218	43	strong	strong	ADJ
ape-1726	218	44	force	force	NOUN
ape-1726	218	45	to	to	PART
ape-1726	218	46	reckon	reckon	VERB
ape-1726	218	47	with	with	ADP
ape-1726	218	48	as	as	ADV
ape-1726	218	49	far	far	ADV
ape-1726	218	50	as	as	SCONJ
ape-1726	218	51	traditional	traditional	ADJ
ape-1726	218	52	rulership	rulership	NOUN
ape-1726	218	53	is	be	AUX
ape-1726	218	54	concerned	concern	VERB
ape-1726	218	55	in	in	ADP
ape-1726	218	56	nigeria	nigeria	PROPN
ape-1726	218	57	and	and	CCONJ
ape-1726	218	58	elsewhere	elsewhere	ADV
ape-1726	218	59	in	in	ADP
ape-1726	218	60	the	the	DET
ape-1726	218	61	world	world	NOUN
ape-1726	218	62	over	over	ADP
ape-1726	218	63	.	.	PUNCT
ape-1726	219	1	he	he	PRON
ape-1726	219	2	noted	note	VERB
ape-1726	219	3	:	:	PUNCT
ape-1726	219	4	our	our	PRON
ape-1726	219	5	traditional	traditional	ADJ
ape-1726	219	6	ruler	ruler	NOUN
ape-1726	219	7	had	have	AUX
ape-1726	219	8	never	never	ADV
ape-1726	219	9	been	be	AUX
ape-1726	219	10	neutral	neutral	ADJ
ape-1726	219	11	in	in	ADP
ape-1726	219	12	matters	matter	NOUN
ape-1726	219	13	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	219	14	electoral	electoral	ADJ
ape-1726	219	15	process	process	NOUN
ape-1726	219	16	as	as	SCONJ
ape-1726	219	17	he	he	PRON
ape-1726	219	18	had	have	AUX
ape-1726	219	19	been	be	AUX
ape-1726	219	20	actively	actively	ADV
ape-1726	219	21	involved	involve	VERB
ape-1726	219	22	in	in	ADP
ape-1726	219	23	different	different	ADJ
ape-1726	219	24	electoral	electoral	ADJ
ape-1726	219	25	periods	period	NOUN
ape-1726	219	26	which	which	PRON
ape-1726	219	27	ensured	ensure	VERB
ape-1726	219	28	electoral	electoral	ADJ
ape-1726	219	29	-	-	PUNCT
ape-1726	219	30	violence	violence	NOUN
ape-1726	219	31	free	free	ADJ
ape-1726	219	32	moments	moment	NOUN
ape-1726	219	33	.	.	PUNCT
ape-1726	220	1	he	he	PRON
ape-1726	220	2	had	have	AUX
ape-1726	220	3	at	at	ADP
ape-1726	220	4	different	different	ADJ
ape-1726	220	5	times	time	NOUN
ape-1726	220	6	advocated	advocate	VERB
ape-1726	220	7	for	for	ADP
ape-1726	220	8	a	a	DET
ape-1726	220	9	free	free	ADJ
ape-1726	220	10	and	and	CCONJ
ape-1726	220	11	fair	fair	ADJ
ape-1726	220	12	level	level	NOUN
ape-1726	220	13	-	-	PUNCT
ape-1726	220	14	play	play	NOUN
ape-1726	220	15	ground	ground	NOUN
ape-1726	220	16	to	to	ADP
ape-1726	220	17	various	various	ADJ
ape-1726	220	18	political	political	ADJ
ape-1726	220	19	parties	party	NOUN
ape-1726	220	20	.	.	PUNCT
ape-1726	221	1	our	our	PRON
ape-1726	221	2	traditional	traditional	ADJ
ape-1726	221	3	ruler	ruler	NOUN
ape-1726	221	4	periodically	periodically	ADV
ape-1726	221	5	used	use	VERB
ape-1726	221	6	his	his	PRON
ape-1726	221	7	chiefs	chief	NOUN
ape-1726	221	8	to	to	PART
ape-1726	221	9	champion	champion	VERB
ape-1726	221	10	effective	effective	ADJ
ape-1726	221	11	electoral	electoral	ADJ
ape-1726	221	12	process	process	NOUN
ape-1726	221	13	in	in	ADP
ape-1726	221	14	their	their	PRON
ape-1726	221	15	domains	domain	NOUN
ape-1726	221	16	as	as	ADV
ape-1726	221	17	well	well	ADV
ape-1726	221	18	as	as	ADP
ape-1726	221	19	localities	locality	NOUN
ape-1726	221	20	.	.	PUNCT
ape-1726	222	1	as	as	ADP
ape-1726	222	2	part	part	NOUN
ape-1726	222	3	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	222	4	his	his	PRON
ape-1726	222	5	contribution	contribution	NOUN
ape-1726	222	6	to	to	ADP
ape-1726	222	7	the	the	DET
ape-1726	222	8	electoral	electoral	ADJ
ape-1726	222	9	process	process	NOUN
ape-1726	222	10	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	222	11	he	he	PRON
ape-1726	222	12	equally	equally	ADV
ape-1726	222	13	enlightened	enlighten	VERB
ape-1726	222	14	subjects	subject	NOUN
ape-1726	222	15	in	in	ADP
ape-1726	222	16	different	different	ADJ
ape-1726	222	17	domains	domain	NOUN
ape-1726	222	18	on	on	ADP
ape-1726	222	19	voters	voter	NOUN
ape-1726	222	20	’	’	PART
ape-1726	222	21	education	education	NOUN
ape-1726	222	22	and	and	CCONJ
ape-1726	222	23	rights	right	NOUN
ape-1726	222	24	.	.	PUNCT
ape-1726	223	1	it	it	PRON
ape-1726	223	2	is	be	AUX
ape-1726	223	3	on	on	ADP
ape-1726	223	4	the	the	DET
ape-1726	223	5	basis	basis	NOUN
ape-1726	223	6	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	223	7	his	his	PRON
ape-1726	223	8	contribution	contribution	NOUN
ape-1726	223	9	and	and	CCONJ
ape-1726	223	10	those	those	PRON
ape-1726	223	11	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	223	12	the	the	DET
ape-1726	223	13	chiefs	chief	NOUN
ape-1726	223	14	that	that	SCONJ
ape-1726	223	15	he	he	PRON
ape-1726	223	16	is	be	AUX
ape-1726	223	17	popularly	popularly	ADV
ape-1726	223	18	respected	respect	VERB
ape-1726	223	19	(	(	PUNCT
ape-1726	223	20	edebiri	edebiri	NOUN
ape-1726	223	21	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	223	22	2012	2012	NUM
ape-1726	223	23	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	223	24	as	as	SCONJ
ape-1726	223	25	cited	cite	VERB
ape-1726	223	26	in	in	ADP
ape-1726	223	27	ihemeje	ihemeje	ADJ
ape-1726	223	28	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	223	29	2014	2014	NUM
ape-1726	223	30	)	)	PUNCT
ape-1726	223	31	.	.	PUNCT
ape-1726	224	1	4	4	X
ape-1726	224	2	.	.	X
ape-1726	224	3	discussion	discussion	NOUN
ape-1726	224	4	inferences	inference	NOUN
ape-1726	224	5	can	can	AUX
ape-1726	224	6	be	be	AUX
ape-1726	224	7	drawn	draw	VERB
ape-1726	224	8	from	from	ADP
ape-1726	224	9	the	the	DET
ape-1726	224	10	various	various	ADJ
ape-1726	224	11	responses	response	NOUN
ape-1726	224	12	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	224	13	the	the	DET
ape-1726	224	14	eminent	eminent	ADJ
ape-1726	224	15	high	high	ADJ
ape-1726	224	16	chiefs	chief	NOUN
ape-1726	224	17	on	on	ADP
ape-1726	224	18	behalf	behalf	NOUN
ape-1726	224	19	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	224	20	their	their	PRON
ape-1726	224	21	traditional	traditional	ADJ
ape-1726	224	22	rulers	ruler	NOUN
ape-1726	224	23	with	with	ADP
ape-1726	224	24	respect	respect	NOUN
ape-1726	224	25	to	to	ADP
ape-1726	224	26	the	the	DET
ape-1726	224	27	subject	subject	NOUN
ape-1726	224	28	:	:	PUNCT
ape-1726	224	29	traditional	traditional	ADJ
ape-1726	224	30	rulers	ruler	NOUN
ape-1726	224	31	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	224	32	electoral	electoral	ADJ
ape-1726	224	33	process	process	NOUN
ape-1726	224	34	and	and	CCONJ
ape-1726	224	35	nigeria	nigeria	PROPN
ape-1726	224	36	’s	’s	PART
ape-1726	224	37	fourth	fourth	PROPN
ape-1726	224	38	republic	republic	NOUN
ape-1726	224	39	.	.	PUNCT
ape-1726	225	1	significantly	significantly	ADV
ape-1726	225	2	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	225	3	chief	chief	ADJ
ape-1726	225	4	ayuba	ayuba	NOUN
ape-1726	225	5	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	225	6	ilorin	ilorin	PROPN
ape-1726	225	7	emirate	emirate	NOUN
ape-1726	225	8	council	council	NOUN
ape-1726	225	9	agreed	agree	VERB
ape-1726	225	10	that	that	SCONJ
ape-1726	225	11	individual	individual	ADJ
ape-1726	225	12	and	and	CCONJ
ape-1726	225	13	collective	collective	ADJ
ape-1726	225	14	responsiveness	responsiveness	NOUN
ape-1726	225	15	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	225	16	traditional	traditional	ADJ
ape-1726	225	17	rulership	rulership	NOUN
ape-1726	225	18	institutions	institution	NOUN
ape-1726	225	19	to	to	ADP
ape-1726	225	20	electoral	electoral	ADJ
ape-1726	225	21	process	process	NOUN
ape-1726	225	22	in	in	ADP
ape-1726	225	23	nigeria	nigeria	PROPN
ape-1726	225	24	was	be	AUX
ape-1726	225	25	borne	bear	VERB
ape-1726	225	26	out	out	ADP
ape-1726	225	27	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	225	28	the	the	DET
ape-1726	225	29	intermediary	intermediary	ADJ
ape-1726	225	30	roles	role	NOUN
ape-1726	225	31	they	they	PRON
ape-1726	225	32	play	play	VERB
ape-1726	225	33	in	in	ADP
ape-1726	225	34	governance	governance	NOUN
ape-1726	225	35	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	225	36	especially	especially	ADV
ape-1726	225	37	between	between	ADP
ape-1726	225	38	the	the	DET
ape-1726	225	39	government	government	NOUN
ape-1726	225	40	and	and	CCONJ
ape-1726	225	41	grassroots	grassroot	NOUN
ape-1726	225	42	.	.	PUNCT
ape-1726	226	1	he	he	PRON
ape-1726	226	2	added	add	VERB
ape-1726	226	3	and	and	CCONJ
ape-1726	226	4	maintained	maintain	VERB
ape-1726	226	5	that	that	SCONJ
ape-1726	226	6	such	such	ADJ
ape-1726	226	7	pivotal	pivotal	ADJ
ape-1726	226	8	effort	effort	NOUN
ape-1726	226	9	is	be	AUX
ape-1726	226	10	hitherto	hitherto	NOUN
ape-1726	226	11	practiced	practice	VERB
ape-1726	226	12	since	since	SCONJ
ape-1726	226	13	the	the	DET
ape-1726	226	14	return	return	NOUN
ape-1726	226	15	to	to	ADP
ape-1726	226	16	civil	civil	ADJ
ape-1726	226	17	rule	rule	NOUN
ape-1726	226	18	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	226	19	between1999	between1999	PROPN
ape-1726	226	20	and	and	CCONJ
ape-1726	226	21	2011	2011	NUM
ape-1726	226	22	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	226	23	being	be	AUX
ape-1726	226	24	democratic	democratic	ADJ
ape-1726	226	25	periods	period	NOUN
ape-1726	226	26	when	when	SCONJ
ape-1726	226	27	elections	election	NOUN
ape-1726	226	28	were	be	AUX
ape-1726	226	29	held	hold	VERB
ape-1726	226	30	(	(	PUNCT
ape-1726	226	31	ayuba	ayuba	PROPN
ape-1726	226	32	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	226	33	2013	2013	NUM
ape-1726	226	34	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	226	35	in	in	ADP
ape-1726	226	36	cited	cite	VERB
ape-1726	226	37	ihemeje	ihemeje	ADJ
ape-1726	226	38	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	226	39	2014	2014	NUM
ape-1726	226	40	)	)	PUNCT
ape-1726	226	41	.	.	PUNCT
ape-1726	227	1	the	the	DET
ape-1726	227	2	practice	practice	NOUN
ape-1726	227	3	was	be	AUX
ape-1726	227	4	equally	equally	ADV
ape-1726	227	5	extended	extended	ADJ
ape-1726	227	6	to	to	ADP
ape-1726	227	7	the	the	DET
ape-1726	227	8	2015	2015	NUM
ape-1726	227	9	elections	election	NOUN
ape-1726	227	10	that	that	PRON
ape-1726	227	11	brought	bring	VERB
ape-1726	227	12	mr	mr	PROPN
ape-1726	227	13	.	.	PROPN
ape-1726	227	14	muhammadubuhari	muhammadubuhari	PROPN
ape-1726	227	15	to	to	ADP
ape-1726	227	16	power	power	NOUN
ape-1726	227	17	.	.	PUNCT
ape-1726	228	1	in	in	ADP
ape-1726	228	2	view	view	NOUN
ape-1726	228	3	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	228	4	archbishop	archbishop	NOUN
ape-1726	228	5	ladigbolu	ladigbolu	PROPN
ape-1726	228	6	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	228	7	oyo	oyo	PROPN
ape-1726	228	8	council	council	NOUN
ape-1726	228	9	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	228	10	traditional	traditional	ADJ
ape-1726	228	11	rulers	ruler	NOUN
ape-1726	228	12	and	and	CCONJ
ape-1726	228	13	chiefs	chief	NOUN
ape-1726	228	14	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	228	15	he	he	PRON
ape-1726	228	16	opined	opine	VERB
ape-1726	228	17	that	that	SCONJ
ape-1726	228	18	alaafin	alaafin	NOUN
ape-1726	228	19	as	as	ADV
ape-1726	228	20	well	well	ADV
ape-1726	228	21	as	as	ADP
ape-1726	228	22	most	most	ADJ
ape-1726	228	23	paramount	paramount	ADJ
ape-1726	228	24	rulers	ruler	NOUN
ape-1726	228	25	in	in	ADP
ape-1726	228	26	the	the	DET
ape-1726	228	27	country	country	NOUN
ape-1726	228	28	perform	perform	VERB
ape-1726	228	29	such	such	ADJ
ape-1726	228	30	electoral	electoral	ADJ
ape-1726	228	31	intermediary	intermediary	NOUN
ape-1726	228	32	functions	function	NOUN
ape-1726	228	33	due	due	ADP
ape-1726	228	34	to	to	ADP
ape-1726	228	35	the	the	DET
ape-1726	228	36	fact	fact	NOUN
ape-1726	228	37	that	that	SCONJ
ape-1726	228	38	they	they	PRON
ape-1726	228	39	are	be	AUX
ape-1726	228	40	not	not	PART
ape-1726	228	41	just	just	ADV
ape-1726	228	42	the	the	DET
ape-1726	228	43	custodians	custodian	NOUN
ape-1726	228	44	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	228	45	indigenous	indigenous	ADJ
ape-1726	228	46	culture	culture	NOUN
ape-1726	228	47	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	228	48	customs	custom	NOUN
ape-1726	228	49	and	and	CCONJ
ape-1726	228	50	tradition	tradition	NOUN
ape-1726	228	51	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	228	52	but	but	CCONJ
ape-1726	228	53	also	also	ADV
ape-1726	228	54	www.scholink.org/ojs/index.php/ape	www.scholink.org/ojs/index.php/ape	NOUN
ape-1726	228	55	advances	advance	NOUN
ape-1726	228	56	in	in	ADP
ape-1726	228	57	politics	politic	NOUN
ape-1726	228	58	and	and	CCONJ
ape-1726	228	59	economic	economic	ADJ
ape-1726	228	60	vol	vol	NOUN
ape-1726	228	61	.	.	PROPN
ape-1726	229	1	2	2	NUM
ape-1726	229	2	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	229	3	no	no	INTJ
ape-1726	229	4	.	.	NOUN
ape-1726	229	5	1	1	NUM
ape-1726	229	6	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	229	7	2019	2019	NUM
ape-1726	229	8	13	13	NUM
ape-1726	229	9	published	publish	VERB
ape-1726	229	10	by	by	ADP
ape-1726	229	11	scholink	scholink	PROPN
ape-1726	229	12	inc	inc	PROPN
ape-1726	229	13	.	.	PROPN
ape-1726	230	1	serve	serve	VERB
ape-1726	230	2	as	as	ADP
ape-1726	230	3	watchdogs	watchdog	NOUN
ape-1726	230	4	for	for	ADP
ape-1726	230	5	the	the	DET
ape-1726	230	6	people	people	NOUN
ape-1726	230	7	.	.	PUNCT
ape-1726	231	1	and	and	CCONJ
ape-1726	231	2	as	as	ADP
ape-1726	231	3	such	such	ADJ
ape-1726	231	4	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	231	5	they	they	PRON
ape-1726	231	6	have	have	VERB
ape-1726	231	7	so	so	ADV
ape-1726	231	8	much	much	ADJ
ape-1726	231	9	to	to	PART
ape-1726	231	10	offer	offer	VERB
ape-1726	231	11	and	and	CCONJ
ape-1726	231	12	gain	gain	VERB
ape-1726	231	13	when	when	SCONJ
ape-1726	231	14	their	their	PRON
ape-1726	231	15	electoral	electoral	ADJ
ape-1726	231	16	roles	role	NOUN
ape-1726	231	17	are	be	AUX
ape-1726	231	18	effectively	effectively	ADV
ape-1726	231	19	and	and	CCONJ
ape-1726	231	20	efficiently	efficiently	ADV
ape-1726	231	21	carried	carry	VERB
ape-1726	231	22	out	out	ADP
ape-1726	231	23	.	.	PUNCT
ape-1726	232	1	on	on	ADP
ape-1726	232	2	the	the	DET
ape-1726	232	3	issue	issue	NOUN
ape-1726	232	4	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	232	5	neutrality	neutrality	NOUN
ape-1726	232	6	or	or	CCONJ
ape-1726	232	7	anonymity	anonymity	NOUN
ape-1726	232	8	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	232	9	virtually	virtually	ADV
ape-1726	232	10	all	all	DET
ape-1726	232	11	the	the	DET
ape-1726	232	12	traditional	traditional	ADJ
ape-1726	232	13	rulers	ruler	NOUN
ape-1726	232	14	could	could	AUX
ape-1726	232	15	be	be	AUX
ape-1726	232	16	seen	see	VERB
ape-1726	232	17	not	not	PART
ape-1726	232	18	to	to	PART
ape-1726	232	19	be	be	AUX
ape-1726	232	20	partisan	partisan	ADJ
ape-1726	232	21	politicians	politician	NOUN
ape-1726	232	22	(	(	PUNCT
ape-1726	232	23	ladigbolu	ladigbolu	PROPN
ape-1726	232	24	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	232	25	2013	2013	NUM
ape-1726	232	26	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	232	27	as	as	SCONJ
ape-1726	232	28	cited	cite	VERB
ape-1726	232	29	in	in	ADP
ape-1726	232	30	ihemeje	ihemeje	ADJ
ape-1726	232	31	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	232	32	2014	2014	NUM
ape-1726	232	33	)	)	PUNCT
ape-1726	232	34	.	.	PUNCT
ape-1726	233	1	to	to	ADP
ape-1726	233	2	them	they	PRON
ape-1726	233	3	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	233	4	they	they	PRON
ape-1726	233	5	got	get	AUX
ape-1726	233	6	involved	involve	VERB
ape-1726	233	7	in	in	ADP
ape-1726	233	8	matters	matter	NOUN
ape-1726	233	9	that	that	PRON
ape-1726	233	10	bothered	bother	VERB
ape-1726	233	11	on	on	ADP
ape-1726	233	12	sensitizing	sensitize	VERB
ape-1726	233	13	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	233	14	galvanizing	galvanize	VERB
ape-1726	233	15	and	and	CCONJ
ape-1726	233	16	disseminating	disseminate	VERB
ape-1726	233	17	political	political	ADJ
ape-1726	233	18	education	education	NOUN
ape-1726	233	19	to	to	ADP
ape-1726	233	20	their	their	PRON
ape-1726	233	21	subjects	subject	NOUN
ape-1726	233	22	for	for	ADP
ape-1726	233	23	elections	election	NOUN
ape-1726	233	24	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	233	25	where	where	SCONJ
ape-1726	233	26	their	their	PRON
ape-1726	233	27	impacts	impact	NOUN
ape-1726	233	28	were	be	AUX
ape-1726	233	29	directly	directly	ADV
ape-1726	233	30	seen	see	VERB
ape-1726	233	31	and	and	CCONJ
ape-1726	233	32	felt	feel	VERB
ape-1726	233	33	.	.	PUNCT
ape-1726	234	1	remarkably	remarkably	ADV
ape-1726	234	2	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	234	3	chief	chief	ADJ
ape-1726	234	4	ukpabi	ukpabi	NOUN
ape-1726	234	5	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	234	6	anambra	anambra	PROPN
ape-1726	234	7	state	state	PROPN
ape-1726	234	8	council	council	PROPN
ape-1726	234	9	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	234	10	traditional	traditional	ADJ
ape-1726	234	11	rulers	ruler	NOUN
ape-1726	234	12	and	and	CCONJ
ape-1726	234	13	chiefs	chief	NOUN
ape-1726	234	14	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	234	15	in	in	ADP
ape-1726	234	16	his	his	PRON
ape-1726	234	17	assessment	assessment	NOUN
ape-1726	234	18	on	on	ADP
ape-1726	234	19	“	"	PUNCT
ape-1726	234	20	neutrality	neutrality	NOUN
ape-1726	234	21	”	"	PUNCT
ape-1726	234	22	and	and	CCONJ
ape-1726	234	23	condition	condition	NOUN
ape-1726	234	24	that	that	SCONJ
ape-1726	234	25	necessitate	necessitate	ADJ
ape-1726	234	26	such	such	ADJ
ape-1726	234	27	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	234	28	he	he	PRON
ape-1726	234	29	said	say	VERB
ape-1726	234	30	that	that	SCONJ
ape-1726	234	31	neutrality	neutrality	NOUN
ape-1726	234	32	could	could	AUX
ape-1726	234	33	not	not	PART
ape-1726	234	34	yield	yield	VERB
ape-1726	234	35	any	any	DET
ape-1726	234	36	positive	positive	ADJ
ape-1726	234	37	result	result	NOUN
ape-1726	234	38	for	for	ADP
ape-1726	234	39	the	the	DET
ape-1726	234	40	community	community	NOUN
ape-1726	234	41	because	because	SCONJ
ape-1726	234	42	when	when	SCONJ
ape-1726	234	43	traditional	traditional	ADJ
ape-1726	234	44	rulers	ruler	NOUN
ape-1726	234	45	were	be	AUX
ape-1726	234	46	passive	passive	ADJ
ape-1726	234	47	in	in	ADP
ape-1726	234	48	participating	participate	VERB
ape-1726	234	49	in	in	ADP
ape-1726	234	50	electoral	electoral	ADJ
ape-1726	234	51	process	process	NOUN
ape-1726	234	52	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	234	53	electorates	electorate	NOUN
ape-1726	234	54	might	might	AUX
ape-1726	234	55	not	not	PART
ape-1726	234	56	believe	believe	VERB
ape-1726	234	57	and	and	CCONJ
ape-1726	234	58	participate	participate	VERB
ape-1726	234	59	in	in	ADP
ape-1726	234	60	elections	election	NOUN
ape-1726	234	61	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	234	62	as	as	SCONJ
ape-1726	234	63	community	community	NOUN
ape-1726	234	64	and	and	CCONJ
ape-1726	234	65	infrastructural	infrastructural	ADJ
ape-1726	234	66	development	development	NOUN
ape-1726	234	67	would	would	AUX
ape-1726	234	68	be	be	AUX
ape-1726	234	69	low	low	ADJ
ape-1726	234	70	.	.	PUNCT
ape-1726	235	1	clarifying	clarify	VERB
ape-1726	235	2	further	far	ADV
ape-1726	235	3	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	235	4	he	he	PRON
ape-1726	235	5	noted	note	VERB
ape-1726	235	6	that	that	SCONJ
ape-1726	235	7	people	people	NOUN
ape-1726	235	8	should	should	AUX
ape-1726	235	9	not	not	PART
ape-1726	235	10	term	term	VERB
ape-1726	235	11	such	such	ADJ
ape-1726	235	12	role	role	NOUN
ape-1726	235	13	played	play	VERB
ape-1726	235	14	by	by	ADP
ape-1726	235	15	traditional	traditional	ADJ
ape-1726	235	16	rulers	ruler	NOUN
ape-1726	235	17	in	in	ADP
ape-1726	235	18	the	the	DET
ape-1726	235	19	electoral	electoral	ADJ
ape-1726	235	20	process	process	NOUN
ape-1726	235	21	as	as	ADP
ape-1726	235	22	being	be	AUX
ape-1726	235	23	actively	actively	ADV
ape-1726	235	24	involved	involve	VERB
ape-1726	235	25	in	in	ADP
ape-1726	235	26	politics	politic	NOUN
ape-1726	235	27	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	235	28	they	they	PRON
ape-1726	235	29	perform	perform	VERB
ape-1726	235	30	such	such	ADJ
ape-1726	235	31	roles	role	NOUN
ape-1726	235	32	simply	simply	ADV
ape-1726	235	33	because	because	SCONJ
ape-1726	235	34	the	the	DET
ape-1726	235	35	constitution	constitution	NOUN
ape-1726	235	36	and	and	CCONJ
ape-1726	235	37	electoral	electoral	ADJ
ape-1726	235	38	laws	law	NOUN
ape-1726	235	39	permit	permit	VERB
ape-1726	235	40	them	they	PRON
ape-1726	235	41	to	to	PART
ape-1726	235	42	do	do	VERB
ape-1726	235	43	so	so	ADV
ape-1726	235	44	(	(	PUNCT
ape-1726	235	45	ukpabi	ukpabi	NOUN
ape-1726	235	46	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	235	47	2012	2012	NUM
ape-1726	235	48	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	235	49	as	as	SCONJ
ape-1726	235	50	cited	cite	VERB
ape-1726	235	51	in	in	ADP
ape-1726	235	52	ihemeje	ihemeje	ADJ
ape-1726	235	53	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	235	54	2014	2014	NUM
ape-1726	235	55	)	)	PUNCT
ape-1726	235	56	.	.	PUNCT
ape-1726	236	1	corroboratively	corroboratively	ADV
ape-1726	236	2	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	236	3	chief	chief	ADJ
ape-1726	236	4	edebiri	edebiri	NOUN
ape-1726	236	5	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	236	6	edo	edo	PROPN
ape-1726	236	7	state	state	PROPN
ape-1726	236	8	council	council	PROPN
ape-1726	236	9	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	236	10	traditional	traditional	ADJ
ape-1726	236	11	rulers	ruler	NOUN
ape-1726	236	12	and	and	CCONJ
ape-1726	236	13	chiefs	chief	NOUN
ape-1726	236	14	opined	opine	VERB
ape-1726	236	15	that	that	SCONJ
ape-1726	236	16	“	"	PUNCT
ape-1726	236	17	no	no	DET
ape-1726	236	18	traditional	traditional	ADJ
ape-1726	236	19	ruler	ruler	NOUN
ape-1726	236	20	was	be	AUX
ape-1726	236	21	allowed	allow	VERB
ape-1726	236	22	to	to	PART
ape-1726	236	23	play	play	VERB
ape-1726	236	24	politics	politic	NOUN
ape-1726	236	25	as	as	SCONJ
ape-1726	236	26	stipulated	stipulate	VERB
ape-1726	236	27	by	by	ADP
ape-1726	236	28	the	the	DET
ape-1726	236	29	constitution	constitution	NOUN
ape-1726	236	30	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	236	31	nigeria	nigeria	PROPN
ape-1726	236	32	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	236	33	but	but	CCONJ
ape-1726	236	34	people	people	NOUN
ape-1726	236	35	usually	usually	ADV
ape-1726	236	36	misconstrued	misconstrue	VERB
ape-1726	236	37	the	the	DET
ape-1726	236	38	electoral	electoral	ADJ
ape-1726	236	39	functions	function	NOUN
ape-1726	236	40	with	with	ADP
ape-1726	236	41	active	active	ADJ
ape-1726	236	42	politics	politic	NOUN
ape-1726	236	43	”	"	PUNCT
ape-1726	236	44	.	.	PUNCT
ape-1726	237	1	to	to	ADP
ape-1726	237	2	him	he	PRON
ape-1726	237	3	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	237	4	they	they	PRON
ape-1726	237	5	are	be	AUX
ape-1726	237	6	different	different	ADJ
ape-1726	237	7	in	in	ADP
ape-1726	237	8	the	the	DET
ape-1726	237	9	sense	sense	NOUN
ape-1726	237	10	that	that	SCONJ
ape-1726	237	11	the	the	DET
ape-1726	237	12	role	role	NOUN
ape-1726	237	13	played	play	VERB
ape-1726	237	14	by	by	ADP
ape-1726	237	15	monarchs	monarch	NOUN
ape-1726	237	16	in	in	ADP
ape-1726	237	17	electoral	electoral	ADJ
ape-1726	237	18	process	process	NOUN
ape-1726	237	19	does	do	AUX
ape-1726	237	20	not	not	PART
ape-1726	237	21	necessarily	necessarily	ADV
ape-1726	237	22	accord	accord	VERB
ape-1726	237	23	them	they	PRON
ape-1726	237	24	partisan	partisan	ADJ
ape-1726	237	25	politicians	politician	NOUN
ape-1726	237	26	rather	rather	ADV
ape-1726	237	27	;	;	PUNCT
ape-1726	237	28	they	they	PRON
ape-1726	237	29	perform	perform	VERB
ape-1726	237	30	such	such	ADJ
ape-1726	237	31	role	role	NOUN
ape-1726	237	32	so	so	SCONJ
ape-1726	237	33	as	as	SCONJ
ape-1726	237	34	to	to	PART
ape-1726	237	35	reach	reach	VERB
ape-1726	237	36	out	out	ADP
ape-1726	237	37	to	to	ADP
ape-1726	237	38	their	their	PRON
ape-1726	237	39	subjects	subject	NOUN
ape-1726	237	40	.	.	PUNCT
ape-1726	238	1	although	although	SCONJ
ape-1726	238	2	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	238	3	he	he	PRON
ape-1726	238	4	added	add	VERB
ape-1726	238	5	that	that	SCONJ
ape-1726	238	6	a	a	DET
ape-1726	238	7	traditional	traditional	ADJ
ape-1726	238	8	ruler	ruler	NOUN
ape-1726	238	9	may	may	AUX
ape-1726	238	10	decide	decide	VERB
ape-1726	238	11	not	not	PART
ape-1726	238	12	to	to	PART
ape-1726	238	13	partake	partake	VERB
ape-1726	238	14	in	in	ADP
ape-1726	238	15	electoral	electoral	ADJ
ape-1726	238	16	process	process	NOUN
ape-1726	238	17	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	238	18	if	if	SCONJ
ape-1726	238	19	he	he	PRON
ape-1726	238	20	so	so	ADV
ape-1726	238	21	wishes	wish	VERB
ape-1726	238	22	.	.	PUNCT
ape-1726	239	1	on	on	ADP
ape-1726	239	2	the	the	DET
ape-1726	239	3	other	other	ADJ
ape-1726	239	4	hand	hand	NOUN
ape-1726	239	5	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	239	6	neutrality	neutrality	NOUN
ape-1726	239	7	could	could	AUX
ape-1726	239	8	mean	mean	VERB
ape-1726	239	9	not	not	PART
ape-1726	239	10	belonging	belong	VERB
ape-1726	239	11	or	or	CCONJ
ape-1726	239	12	supporting	support	VERB
ape-1726	239	13	any	any	DET
ape-1726	239	14	political	political	ADJ
ape-1726	239	15	party	party	NOUN
ape-1726	239	16	and	and	CCONJ
ape-1726	239	17	which	which	PRON
ape-1726	239	18	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	239	19	course	course	NOUN
ape-1726	239	20	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	239	21	is	be	AUX
ape-1726	239	22	not	not	PART
ape-1726	239	23	publicly	publicly	ADV
ape-1726	239	24	pronounced	pronounce	VERB
ape-1726	239	25	but	but	CCONJ
ape-1726	239	26	perceived	perceive	VERB
ape-1726	239	27	(	(	PUNCT
ape-1726	239	28	edebiri	edebiri	PROPN
ape-1726	239	29	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	239	30	2012	2012	NUM
ape-1726	239	31	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	239	32	as	as	SCONJ
ape-1726	239	33	cited	cite	VERB
ape-1726	239	34	in	in	ADP
ape-1726	239	35	ihemeje	ihemeje	ADJ
ape-1726	239	36	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	239	37	2014	2014	NUM
ape-1726	239	38	)	)	PUNCT
ape-1726	239	39	.	.	PUNCT
ape-1726	240	1	nevertheless	nevertheless	ADV
ape-1726	240	2	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	240	3	the	the	DET
ape-1726	240	4	respondent	respondent	NOUN
ape-1726	240	5	showered	shower	VERB
ape-1726	240	6	encomia	encomia	NOUN
ape-1726	240	7	on	on	ADP
ape-1726	240	8	traditional	traditional	ADJ
ape-1726	240	9	rulership	rulership	NOUN
ape-1726	240	10	institution	institution	NOUN
ape-1726	240	11	for	for	ADP
ape-1726	240	12	their	their	PRON
ape-1726	240	13	contributions	contribution	NOUN
ape-1726	240	14	in	in	ADP
ape-1726	240	15	the	the	DET
ape-1726	240	16	electoral	electoral	ADJ
ape-1726	240	17	process	process	NOUN
ape-1726	240	18	in	in	ADP
ape-1726	240	19	nigeria	nigeria	PROPN
ape-1726	240	20	since	since	SCONJ
ape-1726	240	21	1999	1999	NUM
ape-1726	240	22	;	;	PUNCT
ape-1726	240	23	hence	hence	ADV
ape-1726	240	24	seen	see	VERB
ape-1726	240	25	as	as	ADP
ape-1726	240	26	source	source	NOUN
ape-1726	240	27	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	240	28	support	support	NOUN
ape-1726	240	29	to	to	ADP
ape-1726	240	30	the	the	DET
ape-1726	240	31	modern	modern	ADJ
ape-1726	240	32	governance	governance	NOUN
ape-1726	240	33	system	system	NOUN
ape-1726	240	34	.	.	PUNCT
ape-1726	241	1	5	5	X
ape-1726	241	2	.	.	X
ape-1726	241	3	conclusion	conclusion	NOUN
ape-1726	241	4	the	the	DET
ape-1726	241	5	pivotal	pivotal	ADJ
ape-1726	241	6	role	role	NOUN
ape-1726	241	7	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	241	8	galvanizing	galvanize	VERB
ape-1726	241	9	and	and	CCONJ
ape-1726	241	10	sensitizing	sensitize	VERB
ape-1726	241	11	citizens	citizen	NOUN
ape-1726	241	12	in	in	ADP
ape-1726	241	13	various	various	ADJ
ape-1726	241	14	domains	domain	NOUN
ape-1726	241	15	by	by	ADP
ape-1726	241	16	traditional	traditional	ADJ
ape-1726	241	17	rulers	ruler	NOUN
ape-1726	241	18	prior	prior	ADV
ape-1726	241	19	to	to	ADP
ape-1726	241	20	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	241	21	and	and	CCONJ
ape-1726	241	22	during	during	ADP
ape-1726	241	23	electioneering	electioneer	VERB
ape-1726	241	24	periods	period	NOUN
ape-1726	241	25	in	in	ADP
ape-1726	241	26	nigeria	nigeria	PROPN
ape-1726	241	27	’s	’s	PART
ape-1726	241	28	fourth	fourth	PROPN
ape-1726	241	29	republic	republic	NOUN
ape-1726	241	30	are	be	AUX
ape-1726	241	31	well	well	ADV
ape-1726	241	32	recognized	recognize	VERB
ape-1726	241	33	;	;	PUNCT
ape-1726	241	34	which	which	PRON
ape-1726	241	35	is	be	AUX
ape-1726	241	36	however	however	ADV
ape-1726	241	37	translated	translate	VERB
ape-1726	241	38	to	to	ADP
ape-1726	241	39	the	the	DET
ape-1726	241	40	nature	nature	NOUN
ape-1726	241	41	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	241	42	co	co	NOUN
ape-1726	241	43	-	-	NOUN
ape-1726	241	44	operation	operation	NOUN
ape-1726	241	45	enjoyed	enjoy	VERB
ape-1726	241	46	among	among	ADP
ape-1726	241	47	electoral	electoral	ADJ
ape-1726	241	48	officials	official	NOUN
ape-1726	241	49	and	and	CCONJ
ape-1726	241	50	the	the	DET
ape-1726	241	51	government	government	NOUN
ape-1726	241	52	.	.	PUNCT
ape-1726	242	1	however	however	ADV
ape-1726	242	2	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	242	3	this	this	DET
ape-1726	242	4	paper	paper	NOUN
ape-1726	242	5	argues	argue	VERB
ape-1726	242	6	that	that	SCONJ
ape-1726	242	7	mix	mix	NOUN
ape-1726	242	8	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	242	9	conspiracy	conspiracy	NOUN
ape-1726	242	10	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	242	11	corruption	corruption	NOUN
ape-1726	242	12	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	242	13	dictatorship	dictatorship	NOUN
ape-1726	242	14	between	between	ADP
ape-1726	242	15	incumbent	incumbent	ADJ
ape-1726	242	16	political	political	ADJ
ape-1726	242	17	leaders	leader	NOUN
ape-1726	242	18	and	and	CCONJ
ape-1726	242	19	traditional	traditional	ADJ
ape-1726	242	20	rulers	ruler	NOUN
ape-1726	242	21	exist	exist	VERB
ape-1726	242	22	;	;	PUNCT
ape-1726	242	23	yet	yet	CCONJ
ape-1726	242	24	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	242	25	it	it	PRON
ape-1726	242	26	remains	remain	VERB
ape-1726	242	27	inevitable	inevitable	ADJ
ape-1726	242	28	to	to	PART
ape-1726	242	29	alienate	alienate	VERB
ape-1726	242	30	the	the	DET
ape-1726	242	31	institution	institution	NOUN
ape-1726	242	32	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	242	33	traditional	traditional	ADJ
ape-1726	242	34	rulers	ruler	NOUN
ape-1726	242	35	from	from	ADP
ape-1726	242	36	the	the	DET
ape-1726	242	37	electoral	electoral	ADJ
ape-1726	242	38	process	process	NOUN
ape-1726	242	39	due	due	ADP
ape-1726	242	40	to	to	ADP
ape-1726	242	41	their	their	PRON
ape-1726	242	42	place	place	NOUN
ape-1726	242	43	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	242	44	role	role	NOUN
ape-1726	242	45	and	and	CCONJ
ape-1726	242	46	contributions	contribution	NOUN
ape-1726	242	47	in	in	ADP
ape-1726	242	48	the	the	DET
ape-1726	242	49	larger	large	ADJ
ape-1726	242	50	political	political	ADJ
ape-1726	242	51	landscape	landscape	NOUN
ape-1726	242	52	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	242	53	the	the	DET
ape-1726	242	54	country	country	NOUN
ape-1726	242	55	.	.	PUNCT
ape-1726	243	1	keeping	keep	VERB
ape-1726	243	2	in	in	ADP
ape-1726	243	3	mind	mind	NOUN
ape-1726	243	4	that	that	SCONJ
ape-1726	243	5	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	243	6	politics	politic	NOUN
ape-1726	243	7	is	be	AUX
ape-1726	243	8	culture	culture	NOUN
ape-1726	243	9	-	-	PUNCT
ape-1726	243	10	bound	bind	VERB
ape-1726	243	11	;	;	PUNCT
ape-1726	243	12	the	the	DET
ape-1726	243	13	paper	paper	NOUN
ape-1726	243	14	therefore	therefore	ADV
ape-1726	243	15	identifies	identify	VERB
ape-1726	243	16	the	the	DET
ape-1726	243	17	potency	potency	NOUN
ape-1726	243	18	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	243	19	continuous	continuous	ADJ
ape-1726	243	20	systematic	systematic	ADJ
ape-1726	243	21	integration	integration	NOUN
ape-1726	243	22	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	243	23	traditional	traditional	ADJ
ape-1726	243	24	rulers	ruler	NOUN
ape-1726	243	25	in	in	ADP
ape-1726	243	26	the	the	DET
ape-1726	243	27	nation	nation	NOUN
ape-1726	243	28	’s	’s	PART
ape-1726	243	29	electoral	electoral	ADJ
ape-1726	243	30	process	process	NOUN
ape-1726	243	31	and	and	CCONJ
ape-1726	243	32	recommends	recommend	VERB
ape-1726	243	33	their	their	PRON
ape-1726	243	34	harmonious	harmonious	ADJ
ape-1726	243	35	relationship	relationship	NOUN
ape-1726	243	36	with	with	ADP
ape-1726	243	37	the	the	DET
ape-1726	243	38	electoral	electoral	ADJ
ape-1726	243	39	commissions	commission	NOUN
ape-1726	243	40	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	243	41	the	the	DET
ape-1726	243	42	press	press	NOUN
ape-1726	243	43	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	243	44	the	the	DET
ape-1726	243	45	political	political	ADJ
ape-1726	243	46	party	party	NOUN
ape-1726	243	47	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	243	48	civil	civil	ADJ
ape-1726	243	49	society	society	NOUN
ape-1726	243	50	organizations	organization	NOUN
ape-1726	243	51	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	243	52	and	and	CCONJ
ape-1726	243	53	the	the	DET
ape-1726	243	54	electorate	electorate	NOUN
ape-1726	243	55	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	243	56	as	as	SCONJ
ape-1726	243	57	it	it	PRON
ape-1726	243	58	will	will	AUX
ape-1726	243	59	continue	continue	VERB
ape-1726	243	60	to	to	PART
ape-1726	243	61	enhance	enhance	VERB
ape-1726	243	62	their	their	PRON
ape-1726	243	63	relevance	relevance	NOUN
ape-1726	243	64	in	in	ADP
ape-1726	243	65	nigeria	nigeria	PROPN
ape-1726	243	66	’s	’s	PART
ape-1726	243	67	electoral	electoral	ADJ
ape-1726	243	68	process	process	NOUN
ape-1726	243	69	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	243	70	and	and	CCONJ
ape-1726	243	71	in	in	ADP
ape-1726	243	72	tandem	tandem	NOUN
ape-1726	243	73	with	with	ADP
ape-1726	243	74	their	their	PRON
ape-1726	243	75	fatherly	fatherly	ADJ
ape-1726	243	76	roles	role	NOUN
ape-1726	243	77	as	as	ADP
ape-1726	243	78	custodians	custodian	NOUN
ape-1726	243	79	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	243	80	people	people	NOUN
ape-1726	243	81	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	243	82	culture	culture	NOUN
ape-1726	243	83	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	243	84	custom	custom	NOUN
ape-1726	243	85	and	and	CCONJ
ape-1726	243	86	traditions	tradition	NOUN
ape-1726	243	87	www.scholink.org/ojs/index.php/ape	www.scholink.org/ojs/index.php/ape	NOUN
ape-1726	243	88	advances	advance	NOUN
ape-1726	243	89	in	in	ADP
ape-1726	243	90	politics	politic	NOUN
ape-1726	243	91	and	and	CCONJ
ape-1726	243	92	economic	economic	ADJ
ape-1726	243	93	vol	vol	NOUN
ape-1726	243	94	.	.	PROPN
ape-1726	244	1	2	2	NUM
ape-1726	244	2	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	244	3	no	no	INTJ
ape-1726	244	4	.	.	NOUN
ape-1726	244	5	1	1	NUM
ape-1726	244	6	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	244	7	2019	2019	NUM
ape-1726	244	8	14	14	NUM
ape-1726	244	9	published	publish	VERB
ape-1726	244	10	by	by	ADP
ape-1726	244	11	scholink	scholink	PROPN
ape-1726	244	12	inc	inc	PROPN
ape-1726	244	13	.	.	PROPN
ape-1726	244	14	which	which	PRON
ape-1726	244	15	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	244	16	course	course	NOUN
ape-1726	244	17	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	244	18	translates	translate	VERB
ape-1726	244	19	to	to	ADP
ape-1726	244	20	political	political	ADJ
ape-1726	244	21	maturity	maturity	NOUN
ape-1726	244	22	they	they	PRON
ape-1726	244	23	often	often	ADV
ape-1726	244	24	portray	portray	VERB
ape-1726	244	25	in	in	ADP
ape-1726	244	26	deepening	deepen	VERB
ape-1726	244	27	democratic	democratic	ADJ
ape-1726	244	28	governance	governance	NOUN
ape-1726	244	29	.	.	PUNCT
ape-1726	245	1	references	reference	NOUN
ape-1726	245	2	agbese	agbese	NOUN
ape-1726	245	3	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	245	4	p.	p.	PROPN
ape-1726	245	5	(	(	PUNCT
ape-1726	245	6	2004	2004	NUM
ape-1726	245	7	)	)	PUNCT
ape-1726	245	8	.	.	PUNCT
ape-1726	246	1	chiefs	chief	NOUN
ape-1726	246	2	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	246	3	constitutions	constitution	NOUN
ape-1726	246	4	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	246	5	and	and	CCONJ
ape-1726	246	6	policies	policy	NOUN
ape-1726	246	7	in	in	ADP
ape-1726	246	8	nigeria	nigeria	PROPN
ape-1726	246	9	.	.	PUNCT
ape-1726	247	1	west	west	PROPN
ape-1726	247	2	africa	africa	PROPN
ape-1726	247	3	revie	revie	PROPN
ape-1726	247	4	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	247	5	6	6	NUM
ape-1726	247	6	.	.	PUNCT
ape-1726	247	7	https://doi.org/10.5539/jpl.v5n2p175	https://doi.org/10.5539/jpl.v5n2p175	PROPN
ape-1726	247	8	akindele	akindele	NOUN
ape-1726	247	9	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	247	10	s.	s.	PROPN
ape-1726	247	11	t.	t.	PROPN
ape-1726	247	12	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	247	13	adeyemi	adeyemi	ADV
ape-1726	247	14	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	247	15	o.	o.	PROPN
ape-1726	247	16	o.	o.	PROPN
ape-1726	247	17	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	247	18	&	&	CCONJ
ape-1726	247	19	aluko	aluko	PROPN
ape-1726	247	20	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	247	21	o.	o.	NOUN
ape-1726	247	22	a.	a.	NOUN
ape-1726	247	23	(	(	PUNCT
ape-1726	247	24	2012	2012	NUM
ape-1726	247	25	)	)	PUNCT
ape-1726	247	26	.	.	PUNCT
ape-1726	248	1	democracy	democracy	NOUN
ape-1726	248	2	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	248	3	governance	governance	NOUN
ape-1726	248	4	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	248	5	legislative	legislative	ADJ
ape-1726	248	6	challenges	challenge	NOUN
ape-1726	248	7	and	and	CCONJ
ape-1726	248	8	impediments	impediment	NOUN
ape-1726	248	9	in	in	ADP
ape-1726	248	10	nigeria	nigeria	PROPN
ape-1726	248	11	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	248	12	1999	1999	NUM
ape-1726	248	13	-	-	SYM
ape-1726	248	14	2011	2011	NUM
ape-1726	248	15	.	.	PUNCT
ape-1726	249	1	journal	journal	PROPN
ape-1726	249	2	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	249	3	politics	politic	NOUN
ape-1726	249	4	and	and	CCONJ
ape-1726	249	5	law	law	NOUN
ape-1726	249	6	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	249	7	5(2	5(2	NUM
ape-1726	249	8	)	)	PUNCT
ape-1726	249	9	.	.	PUNCT
ape-1726	250	1	amusa	amusa	PROPN
ape-1726	250	2	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	250	3	s.	s.	PROPN
ape-1726	250	4	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	250	5	&	&	CCONJ
ape-1726	250	6	ofuafor	ofuafor	PROPN
ape-1726	250	7	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	250	8	m.	m.	NOUN
ape-1726	250	9	(	(	PUNCT
ape-1726	250	10	2012	2012	NUM
ape-1726	250	11	)	)	PUNCT
ape-1726	250	12	.	.	PUNCT
ape-1726	251	1	resilience	resilience	NOUN
ape-1726	251	2	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	251	3	traditions	tradition	NOUN
ape-1726	251	4	in	in	ADP
ape-1726	251	5	contemporary	contemporary	ADJ
ape-1726	251	6	politics	politic	NOUN
ape-1726	251	7	:	:	PUNCT
ape-1726	251	8	a	a	DET
ape-1726	251	9	historical	historical	ADJ
ape-1726	251	10	study	study	NOUN
ape-1726	251	11	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	251	12	the	the	DET
ape-1726	251	13	political	political	ADJ
ape-1726	251	14	influence	influence	NOUN
ape-1726	251	15	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	251	16	traditional	traditional	ADJ
ape-1726	251	17	rulers	ruler	NOUN
ape-1726	251	18	in	in	ADP
ape-1726	251	19	nigeria	nigeria	PROPN
ape-1726	251	20	.	.	PUNCT
ape-1726	252	1	current	current	ADJ
ape-1726	252	2	research	research	NOUN
ape-1726	252	3	journal	journal	NOUN
ape-1726	252	4	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	252	5	social	social	ADJ
ape-1726	252	6	sciences	science	NOUN
ape-1726	252	7	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	252	8	4(6	4(6	NUM
ape-1726	252	9	)	)	PUNCT
ape-1726	252	10	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	252	11	407	407	NUM
ape-1726	252	12	-	-	SYM
ape-1726	252	13	414	414	NUM
ape-1726	252	14	.	.	PUNCT
ape-1726	253	1	blench	blench	PROPN
ape-1726	253	2	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	253	3	r.	r.	PROPN
ape-1726	253	4	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	253	5	longtau	longtau	PROPN
ape-1726	253	6	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	253	7	s.	s.	PROPN
ape-1726	253	8	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	253	9	hassan	hassan	PROPN
ape-1726	253	10	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	253	11	u.	u.	PROPN
ape-1726	253	12	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	253	13	&	&	CCONJ
ape-1726	253	14	walsh	walsh	PROPN
ape-1726	253	15	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	253	16	m.	m.	NOUN
ape-1726	253	17	(	(	PUNCT
ape-1726	253	18	2006	2006	NUM
ape-1726	253	19	)	)	PUNCT
ape-1726	253	20	.	.	PUNCT
ape-1726	254	1	the	the	DET
ape-1726	254	2	role	role	NOUN
ape-1726	254	3	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	254	4	traditional	traditional	ADJ
ape-1726	254	5	rulers	ruler	NOUN
ape-1726	254	6	in	in	ADP
ape-1726	254	7	conflict	conflict	NOUN
ape-1726	254	8	prevention	prevention	NOUN
ape-1726	254	9	and	and	CCONJ
ape-1726	254	10	mediation	mediation	NOUN
ape-1726	254	11	in	in	ADP
ape-1726	254	12	nigeria	nigeria	PROPN
ape-1726	254	13	:	:	PUNCT
ape-1726	254	14	interim	interim	ADJ
ape-1726	254	15	report	report	NOUN
ape-1726	254	16	.	.	PUNCT
ape-1726	255	1	a	a	DET
ape-1726	255	2	research	research	NOUN
ape-1726	255	3	paper	paper	NOUN
ape-1726	255	4	prepared	prepare	VERB
ape-1726	255	5	for	for	ADP
ape-1726	255	6	dfid	dfid	PROPN
ape-1726	255	7	-	-	PUNCT
ape-1726	255	8	nigeria	nigeria	PROPN
ape-1726	255	9	.	.	PUNCT
ape-1726	256	1	daily	daily	ADJ
ape-1726	256	2	independent	independent	ADJ
ape-1726	256	3	newspaper	newspaper	NOUN
ape-1726	256	4	.	.	PUNCT
ape-1726	257	1	(	(	PUNCT
ape-1726	257	2	2014	2014	NUM
ape-1726	257	3	)	)	PUNCT
ape-1726	257	4	.	.	PUNCT
ape-1726	258	1	advocating	advocate	VERB
ape-1726	258	2	constitutional	constitutional	ADJ
ape-1726	258	3	role	role	NOUN
ape-1726	258	4	for	for	ADP
ape-1726	258	5	traditional	traditional	ADJ
ape-1726	258	6	rulers	ruler	NOUN
ape-1726	258	7	.	.	PUNCT
ape-1726	259	1	dinwerth	dinwerth	NOUN
ape-1726	259	2	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	259	3	k.	k.	PROPN
ape-1726	259	4	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	259	5	&	&	CCONJ
ape-1726	259	6	pattberg	pattberg	PROPN
ape-1726	259	7	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	259	8	p.	p.	NOUN
ape-1726	259	9	(	(	PUNCT
ape-1726	259	10	2006	2006	NUM
ape-1726	259	11	)	)	PUNCT
ape-1726	259	12	.	.	PUNCT
ape-1726	260	1	global	global	ADJ
ape-1726	260	2	governance	governance	NOUN
ape-1726	260	3	as	as	ADP
ape-1726	260	4	a	a	DET
ape-1726	260	5	perspective	perspective	NOUN
ape-1726	260	6	on	on	ADP
ape-1726	260	7	world	world	NOUN
ape-1726	260	8	politics	politic	NOUN
ape-1726	260	9	.	.	PUNCT
ape-1726	261	1	global	global	ADJ
ape-1726	261	2	governance	governance	NOUN
ape-1726	261	3	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	261	4	12	12	NUM
ape-1726	261	5	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	261	6	186	186	NUM
ape-1726	261	7	.	.	PUNCT
ape-1726	262	1	economic	economic	ADJ
ape-1726	262	2	commission	commission	PROPN
ape-1726	262	3	for	for	ADP
ape-1726	262	4	africa	africa	PROPN
ape-1726	262	5	.	.	PUNCT
ape-1726	263	1	(	(	PUNCT
ape-1726	263	2	2004	2004	NUM
ape-1726	263	3	)	)	PUNCT
ape-1726	263	4	.	.	PUNCT
ape-1726	264	1	relevance	relevance	NOUN
ape-1726	264	2	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	264	3	african	african	ADJ
ape-1726	264	4	traditional	traditional	ADJ
ape-1726	264	5	institutions	institution	NOUN
ape-1726	264	6	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	264	7	governance	governance	NOUN
ape-1726	264	8	.	.	PUNCT
ape-1726	265	1	economic	economic	ADJ
ape-1726	265	2	commission	commission	PROPN
ape-1726	265	3	for	for	ADP
ape-1726	265	4	africa	africa	PROPN
ape-1726	265	5	encyclopedia	encyclopedia	PROPN
ape-1726	265	6	britannica	britannica	PROPN
ape-1726	265	7	.	.	PUNCT
ape-1726	266	1	retrieved	retrieve	VERB
ape-1726	266	2	from	from	ADP
ape-1726	266	3	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/institution	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/institution	NOUN
ape-1726	266	4	erero	erero	NOUN
ape-1726	266	5	.	.	PUNCT
ape-1726	267	1	j.	j.	PROPN
ape-1726	267	2	(	(	PUNCT
ape-1726	267	3	2005	2005	NUM
ape-1726	267	4	)	)	PUNCT
ape-1726	267	5	.	.	PUNCT
ape-1726	268	1	traditional	traditional	ADJ
ape-1726	268	2	structures	structure	NOUN
ape-1726	268	3	in	in	ADP
ape-1726	268	4	local	local	ADJ
ape-1726	268	5	governance	governance	NOUN
ape-1726	268	6	for	for	ADP
ape-1726	268	7	local	local	ADJ
ape-1726	268	8	development	development	NOUN
ape-1726	268	9	:	:	PUNCT
ape-1726	268	10	a	a	DET
ape-1726	268	11	study	study	NOUN
ape-1726	268	12	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	268	13	ife	ife	PROPN
ape-1726	268	14	east	east	PROPN
ape-1726	268	15	local	local	ADJ
ape-1726	268	16	government	government	NOUN
ape-1726	268	17	area	area	NOUN
ape-1726	268	18	.	.	PUNCT
ape-1726	269	1	osun	osun	PROPN
ape-1726	269	2	state	state	PROPN
ape-1726	269	3	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	269	4	nigeria	nigeria	PROPN
ape-1726	269	5	.	.	PUNCT
ape-1726	270	1	fayonjomi	fayonjomi	PROPN
ape-1726	270	2	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	270	3	b.	b.	PROPN
ape-1726	270	4	(	(	PUNCT
ape-1726	270	5	undated	undated	ADJ
ape-1726	270	6	)	)	PUNCT
ape-1726	270	7	.	.	PUNCT
ape-1726	271	1	relevance	relevance	NOUN
ape-1726	271	2	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	271	3	traditional	traditional	ADJ
ape-1726	271	4	rulers	ruler	NOUN
ape-1726	271	5	in	in	ADP
ape-1726	271	6	modern	modern	ADJ
ape-1726	271	7	day	day	NOUN
ape-1726	271	8	administration	administration	NOUN
ape-1726	271	9	.	.	PUNCT
ape-1726	272	1	publisher	publisher	NOUN
ape-1726	272	2	(	(	PUNCT
ape-1726	272	3	not	not	PART
ape-1726	272	4	indicated	indicate	VERB
ape-1726	272	5	)	)	PUNCT
ape-1726	272	6	.	.	PUNCT
ape-1726	273	1	finnemore	finnemore	ADJ
ape-1726	273	2	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	273	3	m.	m.	NOUN
ape-1726	273	4	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	273	5	&	&	CCONJ
ape-1726	273	6	sikkink	sikkink	PROPN
ape-1726	273	7	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	273	8	k.	k.	PROPN
ape-1726	273	9	(	(	PUNCT
ape-1726	273	10	1998	1998	NUM
ape-1726	273	11	)	)	PUNCT
ape-1726	273	12	.	.	PUNCT
ape-1726	274	1	international	international	ADJ
ape-1726	274	2	norm	norm	NOUN
ape-1726	274	3	dynamics	dynamic	NOUN
ape-1726	274	4	and	and	CCONJ
ape-1726	274	5	political	political	ADJ
ape-1726	274	6	change	change	NOUN
ape-1726	274	7	.	.	PUNCT
ape-1726	275	1	international	international	ADJ
ape-1726	275	2	organisation	organisation	NOUN
ape-1726	275	3	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	275	4	52(4	52(4	NUM
ape-1726	275	5	)	)	PUNCT
ape-1726	275	6	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	275	7	891	891	NUM
ape-1726	275	8	.	.	PUNCT
ape-1726	276	1	https://doi.org/10.1162/002081898550789	https://doi.org/10.1162/002081898550789	ADV
ape-1726	276	2	harper	harper	NOUN
ape-1726	276	3	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	276	4	d.	d.	PROPN
ape-1726	276	5	(	(	PUNCT
ape-1726	276	6	2011	2011	NUM
ape-1726	276	7	)	)	PUNCT
ape-1726	276	8	.	.	PUNCT
ape-1726	277	1	structural	structural	ADJ
ape-1726	277	2	-	-	PUNCT
ape-1726	277	3	functionalism	functionalism	NOUN
ape-1726	277	4	:	:	PUNCT
ape-1726	277	5	grand	grand	ADJ
ape-1726	277	6	theory	theory	NOUN
ape-1726	277	7	or	or	CCONJ
ape-1726	277	8	methodology	methodology	NOUN
ape-1726	277	9	?	?	PUNCT
ape-1726	278	1	idea	idea	NOUN
ape-1726	278	2	.	.	PUNCT
ape-1726	279	1	(	(	PUNCT
ape-1726	279	2	2010	2010	NUM
ape-1726	279	3	)	)	PUNCT
ape-1726	279	4	.	.	PUNCT
ape-1726	280	1	electoral	electoral	ADJ
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ape-1726	280	3	.	.	PUNCT
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ape-1726	281	2	institute	institute	PROPN
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ape-1726	281	6	electoral	electoral	ADJ
ape-1726	281	7	assistance	assistance	NOUN
ape-1726	281	8	.	.	PUNCT
ape-1726	282	1	ihemeje	ihemeje	PROPN
ape-1726	282	2	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	282	3	g.	g.	PROPN
ape-1726	282	4	c.	c.	PROPN
ape-1726	282	5	(	(	PUNCT
ape-1726	282	6	2014	2014	NUM
ape-1726	282	7	)	)	PUNCT
ape-1726	282	8	.	.	PUNCT
ape-1726	283	1	traditional	traditional	ADJ
ape-1726	283	2	rulership	rulership	NOUN
ape-1726	283	3	institution	institution	NOUN
ape-1726	283	4	and	and	CCONJ
ape-1726	283	5	electoral	electoral	ADJ
ape-1726	283	6	process	process	NOUN
ape-1726	283	7	in	in	ADP
ape-1726	283	8	nigeria	nigeria	PROPN
ape-1726	283	9	(	(	PUNCT
ape-1726	283	10	1999	1999	NUM
ape-1726	283	11	-	-	SYM
ape-1726	283	12	2011	2011	NUM
ape-1726	283	13	)	)	PUNCT
ape-1726	283	14	(	(	PUNCT
ape-1726	283	15	unpublished	unpublished	ADJ
ape-1726	283	16	ph.d	ph.d	PROPN
ape-1726	283	17	.	.	PUNCT
ape-1726	284	1	thesis	thesis	NOUN
ape-1726	284	2	)	)	PUNCT
ape-1726	284	3	.	.	PUNCT
ape-1726	285	1	obafemi	obafemi	PROPN
ape-1726	285	2	awolowo	awolowo	PROPN
ape-1726	285	3	university	university	PROPN
ape-1726	285	4	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	285	5	ile	ile	PROPN
ape-1726	285	6	-	-	PUNCT
ape-1726	285	7	ife	ife	PROPN
ape-1726	285	8	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	285	9	nigeria	nigeria	PROPN
ape-1726	285	10	:	:	PUNCT
ape-1726	285	11	department	department	NOUN
ape-1726	285	12	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	285	13	local	local	ADJ
ape-1726	285	14	government	government	NOUN
ape-1726	285	15	studies	study	NOUN
ape-1726	285	16	.	.	PUNCT
ape-1726	286	1	journal	journal	PROPN
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ape-1726	286	3	commonwealth	commonwealth	PROPN
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ape-1726	286	7	.	.	PUNCT
ape-1726	287	1	(	(	PUNCT
ape-1726	287	2	n.d	n.d	PROPN
ape-1726	287	3	.	.	PROPN
ape-1726	287	4	)	)	PUNCT
ape-1726	287	5	.	.	PUNCT
ape-1726	288	1	29(3	29(3	NUM
ape-1726	288	2	)	)	PUNCT
ape-1726	288	3	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	288	4	308	308	NUM
ape-1726	288	5	.	.	PUNCT
ape-1726	288	6	lutz	lutz	PROPN
ape-1726	288	7	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	288	8	g.	g.	PROPN
ape-1726	288	9	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	288	10	&	&	CCONJ
ape-1726	288	11	linder	linder	PROPN
ape-1726	288	12	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	288	13	w.	w.	PROPN
ape-1726	288	14	(	(	PUNCT
ape-1726	288	15	2004	2004	NUM
ape-1726	288	16	)	)	PUNCT
ape-1726	288	17	.	.	PUNCT
ape-1726	289	1	traditional	traditional	ADJ
ape-1726	289	2	structures	structure	NOUN
ape-1726	289	3	in	in	ADP
ape-1726	289	4	local	local	ADJ
ape-1726	289	5	governance	governance	NOUN
ape-1726	289	6	for	for	ADP
ape-1726	289	7	local	local	ADJ
ape-1726	289	8	development	development	NOUN
ape-1726	289	9	.	.	PUNCT
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ape-1726	290	2	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	290	3	berne	berne	PROPN
ape-1726	290	4	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	290	5	switzerland	switzerland	PROPN
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ape-1726	290	8	political	political	ADJ
ape-1726	290	9	science	science	NOUN
ape-1726	290	10	.	.	PUNCT
ape-1726	291	1	miles	mile	NOUN
ape-1726	291	2	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	291	3	w.	w.	NOUN
ape-1726	291	4	(	(	PUNCT
ape-1726	291	5	1993	1993	NUM
ape-1726	291	6	)	)	PUNCT
ape-1726	291	7	.	.	PUNCT
ape-1726	292	1	traditional	traditional	ADJ
ape-1726	292	2	rulers	ruler	NOUN
ape-1726	292	3	and	and	CCONJ
ape-1726	292	4	development	development	NOUN
ape-1726	292	5	administration	administration	NOUN
ape-1726	292	6	:	:	PUNCT
ape-1726	292	7	chieftaincy	chieftaincy	NOUN
ape-1726	292	8	in	in	ADP
ape-1726	292	9	niger	niger	PROPN
ape-1726	292	10	nigeria	nigeria	PROPN
ape-1726	292	11	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	292	12	and	and	CCONJ
ape-1726	292	13	vanuatu	vanuatu	NOUN
ape-1726	292	14	.	.	PUNCT
ape-1726	293	1	studies	study	NOUN
ape-1726	293	2	in	in	ADP
ape-1726	293	3	comparative	comparative	ADJ
ape-1726	293	4	international	international	ADJ
ape-1726	293	5	development	development	NOUN
ape-1726	293	6	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	293	7	28(3	28(3	NUM
ape-1726	293	8	)	)	PUNCT
ape-1726	293	9	.	.	PUNCT
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ape-1726	294	3	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	294	4	k.	k.	PROPN
ape-1726	294	5	(	(	PUNCT
ape-1726	294	6	2012	2012	NUM
ape-1726	294	7	)	)	PUNCT
ape-1726	294	8	.	.	PUNCT
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ape-1726	295	2	role	role	NOUN
ape-1726	295	3	of	of	ADP
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ape-1726	295	7	governance	governance	NOUN
ape-1726	295	8	in	in	ADP
ape-1726	295	9	managing	manage	VERB
ape-1726	295	10	social	social	ADJ
ape-1726	295	11	conflicts	conflict	NOUN
ape-1726	295	12	in	in	ADP
ape-1726	295	13	nigeria	nigeria	PROPN
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ape-1726	295	15	oil	oil	NOUN
ape-1726	295	16	-	-	PUNCT
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ape-1726	295	18	niger	niger	NOUN
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ape-1726	295	20	communities	community	NOUN
ape-1726	295	21	:	:	PUNCT
ape-1726	295	22	imperatives	imperative	NOUN
ape-1726	295	23	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	295	24	peace	peace	NOUN
ape-1726	295	25	building	building	NOUN
ape-1726	295	26	process	process	NOUN
ape-1726	295	27	in	in	ADP
ape-1726	295	28	the	the	DET
ape-1726	295	29	www.scholink.org/ojs/index.php/ape	www.scholink.org/ojs/index.php/ape	NOUN
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ape-1726	295	31	in	in	ADP
ape-1726	295	32	politics	politic	NOUN
ape-1726	295	33	and	and	CCONJ
ape-1726	295	34	economic	economic	ADJ
ape-1726	295	35	vol	vol	NOUN
ape-1726	295	36	.	.	PROPN
ape-1726	296	1	2	2	NUM
ape-1726	296	2	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	296	3	no	no	INTJ
ape-1726	296	4	.	.	NOUN
ape-1726	296	5	1	1	NUM
ape-1726	296	6	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	296	7	2019	2019	NUM
ape-1726	296	8	15	15	NUM
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ape-1726	296	10	by	by	ADP
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ape-1726	296	12	inc	inc	PROPN
ape-1726	296	13	.	.	PROPN
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ape-1726	296	15	-	-	ADJ
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ape-1726	296	17	era	era	NOUN
ape-1726	296	18	.	.	PUNCT
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ape-1726	297	2	journal	journal	PROPN
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ape-1726	297	4	arts	art	NOUN
ape-1726	297	5	and	and	CCONJ
ape-1726	297	6	social	social	ADJ
ape-1726	297	7	sciences	science	NOUN
ape-1726	297	8	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	297	9	5(2	5(2	NUM
ape-1726	297	10	)	)	PUNCT
ape-1726	297	11	.	.	PUNCT
ape-1726	298	1	ochonu	ochonu	NOUN
ape-1726	298	2	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	298	3	m.	m.	NOUN
ape-1726	298	4	(	(	PUNCT
ape-1726	298	5	2010	2010	NUM
ape-1726	298	6	)	)	PUNCT
ape-1726	298	7	.	.	PUNCT
ape-1726	299	1	“	"	PUNCT
ape-1726	299	2	village	village	NOUN
ape-1726	299	3	”	"	PUNCT
ape-1726	299	4	democracy	democracy	NOUN
ape-1726	299	5	and	and	CCONJ
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ape-1726	299	7	in	in	ADP
ape-1726	299	8	dutse	dutse	PROPN
ape-1726	299	9	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	299	10	nigeria	nigeria	PROPN
ape-1726	299	11	.	.	PUNCT
ape-1726	300	1	ann	ann	PROPN
ape-1726	300	2	arbor	arbor	PROPN
ape-1726	300	3	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	300	4	mi	mi	PROPN
ape-1726	300	5	:	:	PUNCT
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ape-1726	300	7	publishing	publishing	NOUN
ape-1726	300	8	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	300	9	university	university	NOUN
ape-1726	300	10	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	300	11	michigan	michigan	PROPN
ape-1726	300	12	library	library	PROPN
ape-1726	300	13	.	.	PUNCT
ape-1726	301	1	ojo	ojo	PROPN
ape-1726	301	2	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	301	3	j.	j.	PROPN
ape-1726	301	4	(	(	PUNCT
ape-1726	301	5	2012	2012	NUM
ape-1726	301	6	)	)	PUNCT
ape-1726	301	7	.	.	PUNCT
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ape-1726	302	2	role	role	NOUN
ape-1726	302	3	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	302	4	judiciary	judiciary	NOUN
ape-1726	302	5	in	in	ADP
ape-1726	302	6	2007	2007	NUM
ape-1726	302	7	gubernatorial	gubernatorial	ADJ
ape-1726	302	8	election	election	NOUN
ape-1726	302	9	disputes	dispute	NOUN
ape-1726	302	10	in	in	ADP
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ape-1726	302	12	-	-	PUNCT
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ape-1726	303	1	an	an	DET
ape-1726	303	2	unpublished	unpublished	ADJ
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ape-1726	303	4	project	project	NOUN
ape-1726	303	5	for	for	ADP
ape-1726	303	6	the	the	DET
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ape-1726	303	10	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	303	11	science	science	NOUN
ape-1726	303	12	in	in	ADP
ape-1726	303	13	local	local	ADJ
ape-1726	303	14	government	government	NOUN
ape-1726	303	15	studies	study	NOUN
ape-1726	303	16	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	303	17	obafemi	obafemi	PROPN
ape-1726	303	18	awolowo	awolowo	PROPN
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ape-1726	303	20	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	303	21	ile	ile	PROPN
ape-1726	303	22	-	-	PUNCT
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ape-1726	303	24	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	303	25	nigeria	nigeria	PROPN
ape-1726	303	26	.	.	PUNCT
ape-1726	304	1	orji	orji	PROPN
ape-1726	304	2	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	304	3	k.	k.	PROPN
ape-1726	304	4	(	(	PUNCT
ape-1726	304	5	2013	2013	NUM
ape-1726	304	6	)	)	PUNCT
ape-1726	304	7	.	.	PUNCT
ape-1726	305	1	traditional	traditional	ADJ
ape-1726	305	2	rulership	rulership	NOUN
ape-1726	305	3	and	and	CCONJ
ape-1726	305	4	local	local	ADJ
ape-1726	305	5	governance	governance	NOUN
ape-1726	305	6	in	in	ADP
ape-1726	305	7	south	south	PROPN
ape-1726	305	8	-	-	PUNCT
ape-1726	305	9	south	south	NOUN
ape-1726	305	10	nigeria	nigeria	PROPN
ape-1726	305	11	.	.	PUNCT
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ape-1726	306	5	and	and	CCONJ
ape-1726	306	6	social	social	ADJ
ape-1726	306	7	science	science	NOUN
ape-1726	306	8	(	(	PUNCT
ape-1726	306	9	iosr	iosr	NOUN
ape-1726	306	10	-	-	PUNCT
ape-1726	306	11	jhss	jhss	NOUN
ape-1726	306	12	)	)	PUNCT
ape-1726	306	13	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	306	14	16(2	16(2	NUM
ape-1726	306	15	)	)	PUNCT
ape-1726	306	16	.	.	PUNCT
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ape-1726	307	5	2004	2004	NUM
ape-1726	307	6	)	)	PUNCT
ape-1726	307	7	.	.	PUNCT
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ape-1726	309	4	by	by	ADP
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ape-1726	309	8	otumfuoosei	otumfuoosei	PROPN
ape-1726	309	9	tutu	tutu	PROPN
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ape-1726	309	11	,	,	PUNCT
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ape-1726	309	13	at	at	ADP
ape-1726	309	14	the	the	DET
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ape-1726	309	17	development	development	PROPN
ape-1726	309	18	forum	forum	PROPN
ape-1726	309	19	addis	addis	PROPN
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ape-1726	309	21	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	309	22	12	12	NUM
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ape-1726	309	24	.	.	PUNCT
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ape-1726	310	7	.	.	PUNCT
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ape-1726	312	1	(	(	PUNCT
ape-1726	312	2	2011	2011	NUM
ape-1726	312	3	)	)	PUNCT
ape-1726	312	4	.	.	PUNCT
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ape-1726	313	2	of	of	ADP
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ape-1726	313	4	rulers	ruler	NOUN
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ape-1726	313	6	the	the	DET
ape-1726	313	7	development	development	NOUN
ape-1726	313	8	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	313	9	nigeria	nigeria	PROPN
ape-1726	313	10	.	.	PUNCT
ape-1726	314	1	march	march	PROPN
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ape-1726	314	3	.	.	PUNCT
ape-1726	315	1	the	the	DET
ape-1726	315	2	pointer	pointer	NOUN
ape-1726	315	3	newspaper	newspaper	NOUN
ape-1726	315	4	.	.	PUNCT
ape-1726	316	1	(	(	PUNCT
ape-1726	316	2	2014	2014	NUM
ape-1726	316	3	)	)	PUNCT
ape-1726	316	4	.	.	PUNCT
ape-1726	317	1	traditional	traditional	ADJ
ape-1726	317	2	institution	institution	NOUN
ape-1726	317	3	and	and	CCONJ
ape-1726	317	4	political	political	ADJ
ape-1726	317	5	development	development	NOUN
ape-1726	317	6	.	.	PUNCT
ape-1726	318	1	tonwe	tonwe	PROPN
ape-1726	318	2	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	318	3	d.	d.	PROPN
ape-1726	318	4	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	318	5	&	&	CCONJ
ape-1726	318	6	osemwota	osemwota	NOUN
ape-1726	318	7	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	318	8	o.	o.	PROPN
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ape-1726	318	10	2013	2013	NUM
ape-1726	318	11	)	)	PUNCT
ape-1726	318	12	.	.	PUNCT
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ape-1726	319	2	rulers	ruler	NOUN
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ape-1726	319	4	local	local	ADJ
ape-1726	319	5	government	government	NOUN
ape-1726	319	6	in	in	ADP
ape-1726	319	7	nigeria	nigeria	PROPN
ape-1726	319	8	:	:	PUNCT
ape-1726	319	9	a	a	DET
ape-1726	319	10	pathway	pathway	NOUN
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ape-1726	319	13	the	the	DET
ape-1726	319	14	challenge	challenge	NOUN
ape-1726	319	15	.	.	PUNCT
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ape-1726	320	5	governance	governance	NOUN
ape-1726	320	6	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	320	7	13(14	13(14	NUM
ape-1726	320	8	)	)	PUNCT
ape-1726	320	9	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	320	10	123	123	NUM
ape-1726	320	11	-	-	SYM
ape-1726	320	12	140	140	NUM
ape-1726	320	13	.	.	PUNCT
ape-1726	321	1	https://doi.org/10.5130/cjlg.v0i13/14.3728	https://doi.org/10.5130/cjlg.v0i13/14.3728	PROPN
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ape-1726	321	3	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	321	4	o.	o.	NOUN
ape-1726	321	5	(	(	PUNCT
ape-1726	321	6	1991	1991	NUM
ape-1726	321	7	)	)	PUNCT
ape-1726	321	8	.	.	PUNCT
ape-1726	322	1	chieftaincy	chieftaincy	NOUN
ape-1726	322	2	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	322	3	politics	politic	NOUN
ape-1726	322	4	and	and	CCONJ
ape-1726	322	5	social	social	ADJ
ape-1726	322	6	relations	relation	NOUN
ape-1726	322	7	in	in	ADP
ape-1726	322	8	nigeria	nigeria	PROPN
ape-1726	322	9	.	.	PUNCT
ape-1726	323	1	yol	yol	PROPN
ape-1726	323	2	,	,	PUNCT
ape-1726	323	3	j.	j.	PROPN
ape-1726	323	4	(	(	PUNCT
ape-1726	323	5	2010	2010	NUM
ape-1726	323	6	)	)	PUNCT
ape-1726	323	7	.	.	PUNCT
ape-1726	324	1	the	the	DET
ape-1726	324	2	role	role	NOUN
ape-1726	324	3	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	324	4	traditional	traditional	ADJ
ape-1726	324	5	rulers	ruler	NOUN
ape-1726	324	6	in	in	ADP
ape-1726	324	7	guma	guma	PROPN
ape-1726	324	8	local	local	ADJ
ape-1726	324	9	government	government	NOUN
ape-1726	324	10	area	area	NOUN
ape-1726	324	11	of	of	ADP
ape-1726	324	12	benue	benue	PROPN
ape-1726	324	13	state	state	NOUN
ape-1726	324	14	.	.	PUNCT
ape-1726	325	1	a	a	DET
ape-1726	325	2	research	research	NOUN
ape-1726	325	3	draft	draft	NOUN
ape-1726	325	4	presented	present	VERB
ape-1726	325	5	to	to	PART
ape-1726	325	6	benue	benue	VERB
ape-1726	325	7	state	state	NOUN
ape-1726	325	8	local	local	ADJ
ape-1726	325	9	government	government	NOUN
ape-1726	325	10	and	and	CCONJ
ape-1726	325	11	chieftaincy	chieftaincy	NOUN
ape-1726	325	12	affairs	affair	NOUN
ape-1726	325	13	.	.	PUNCT