Pacification refers to a process through which some areas in Nigeria were acquired by

A.

military conquest

B.

gunboat diplomacy

C.

signing of treaties

D.

peaceful negotiations

Correct answer is A

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.