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Hussaini Jibrin (PhD).

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This article examines some salient issues associated with the British colonial exercise on the demobilization of Nigerian Army ex-servicemen after World War II in 1944. As complex an exercise as it is in any post-war society, demobilization if not carefully conducted, leads to another security challenge(s) due to difficulties in reintegrating people who are exposed to firepower and now abandoned without proper plan among civilians. This paper adopts qualitative research methodology through the use of historical sources for data collection - both primary and secondary sources of data collection. The article finds out that, the British colonial government established an efficient program even though it was not free from any challenge in resettling the ex-servicemen in different parts of the country for development and consolidation of the colonial rule. An efficient plan was undertaken with careful implementations so that the exsoldiers would not be allowed to escape and become a nuisance in society, an event that could become a security threat to the colonial state. It concludes that a grand strategy was adopted by the British colonial government in resettling the ex-servicemen, purposely to avoid rebellion which may be ignited by the soldiers who became exposed to war.

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