A closer look at what is happening in Nigeria one may conclude we are tribalistic,fanatic and religious based on our political leaning. But of a truth the average Nigerians is going through a very tough economic times. Matter of fact we are not in a recession but a depression - Nigerians are depressed.

How does an abused wife accept her husbands behaviour when she's been told he doesn't have money that she will have to adjust along with the children. They are now supposed to feed twice per day, they hardly watch TV it basically light bulb as electricity bills are no longer affordable. The children will need to drop out of school as only one can be afford at a time. While the husband lavish lifestyle remains same,he still keeps late night,side chicks, always at clubs and bars, drives v8 engine cars on full blast chill a/c. He keep telling the wife to endure, that there's always a plan remember he has not given a single thing up for the family.So how does the wife and children survive they developed a coping mechanisms because organisms are by design to survive first everything else you actually think is important is secondary to your survival. This may not pass as a good analogy though.

The above brings me to conclude that Nigerians have evolve and adapted to their condition by developing Stockholm syndrome

What is Stockholm Syndrome - it is coping mechanism to a captive or abusive situation. People develop positive feelings toward their captors or abusers over time. Some researchers believed it is a learned technique passed down from our ancestors. In the early civilization, there was always a risk of being captured or killed by another social group. Bonding with captors increased the chance of survival. Some evolutionary psychiatrists believe this ancestral technique is a natural human trait. Stockholm is not even classified as a mental disease but a survival/coping trait.

Top signs of Stockholm Syndrome are
1 - Positive feelings toward the captors or abusers.
2 - Sympathy for their captors’ beliefs and behaviors.
3 - Negative feelings toward police or other authority figures.
Etc

In essence Nigerians have become cathectic to their supposed oppressors (politicians here) and because you have to survive (tribalism and religion is not the disease but the symptoms) we have evolve and developed a form of Stockholm syndrome.