JAMB - Government (2009 - No. 17)
Pacification refers to a process through which some areas in Nigeria were acquired by
military conquest
gunboat diplomacy
signing of treaties
peaceful negotiations
Explanation
Pacification refers to a process through which colonial empires imposed their presence and legal violence through the use of force or military to coerce obedience and subvert the will of the people. It was mainly done in regions impacted and divided by insurgency or rebels.