PROFESSOR SYLVESTER ODION-AKHAINE studied in Nigeria and the United Kingdom. He earned his PhD in Politics at Royal Holloway, University of London in 2004. He is currently a Professor of Political Science in the Department of Political Science, Lagos State University and Chairman, Board of Trustees of the Centre for Constitutionalism and Demilitarization. He was a former Editor of The Victims, a human rights newsletter of the Committee for the Defense of Human Rights (CDHR), and subsequently its Secretary for Research, Publication, and Documentation. He is currently the Editor of The Constitution, journal of constitutional development (arguably the leading journal in Nigeria today). Also, he is a Contributing Editor to the UK-basedReview of African Political Economy as well as a Visiting Member of The Guardian Editorial Board. A 2005 Stanford University Fellow on Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law (now Draper Hills fellow), he has over 100 publications including books.
sly.akhaine@gmail.com
