359 Nigeria Fourth Republic: Exploring the Intersection of Human Rights, The Rule of Law and Democratic Governance, 1999–2023 DOI: https://doi.org/10.31920/2516-5305/2024/21n2a18 Adedeji Matthew Adedayo 1 *; Kehinde Oluwatoyin Adabembe (PhD) 2 ; Bonaventure Ikenna Ugwu (PhD) 3 ; Motunrayo Grace Isaiah (PhD) 4 and Mayowa Christopher Ojo 5 1 Department of Peace and Security Studies, Bamidele Olumilua University of Education, Science and Technology, Ikere-Ekiti, Ekiti State, Nigeria 2 Department of Liberal Arts, Bamidele Olumilua University of Education, Science and Technology, Ikere-Ekiti, Ekiti State, Nigeria. 3 Department of Religious Studies, Federal University, Oye-Ekiti, Ekiti State, Nigeria 4 Department of Religious Studies, Faculty of Arts and Humanities, Prince Abubakar University, Anyigba, Kogi State, Nigeria 5 Department of Liberal Arts, Bamidele Olumilua University of Education, Science and Technology, Ikere-Ekiti, Ekiti State, Nigeria. Email: 1 adedayo.adedeji@bouesti.edu.ng (*Corresponding Author), 2 adabembe.kehinde@bouesti.edu.ng, 3 bona.ugwu@fuoye.edu.ng, 4 igracemotunrayo@gmail.com 5 ojo.mayowa@bouesti.edu.ng, ORCID ID: 1 0000-0002-8140-4933, 2 0000-0002-6396-6924, 3 0000-0002- 7083-8664, 4 0009-0007-4031-9285 5 0009-0003-9306-9225 African Renaissance Published consistently since 2004 ISSN: 1744-2532 (Print) ISSN: 2516-5305 (Online) Indexed by: SCOPUS, IBSS, EBSCO, COPERNICUS, ERIH PLUS ProQuest, J-Gate and Sabinet Vol. 21, (No. 2), June 2024 pp 359-383