Stockholm syndrome is generally understood as a rare mental case where oppressed people start loving and defending their oppressors. According to Wikipedia,

Stockholm syndrome is a condition in which hostages develop a psychological bond with their captors during captivity.... Emotional bonds may be formed between captors and captives, during intimate time together, but these are generally considered irrational in light of the danger or risk endured by the victims. The syndrome is rare: according to data from the FBI, about 5% of hostage victims show evidence of Stockholm syndrome.

This term was first used by the media in 1973 when four hostages were taken during a bank robbery in Stockholm, Sweden. The hostages defended their captors after being released and would not agree to testify in court against them.

According to some findings, this mental case is manifested more by weak-minded people. A plate of food given to them after being starved during their captivity will make them so grateful to their captors that they may fight you for speaking against the captors.

Due to the generally low IQ of Africans, there may be up to 30% of this mental case compared to 5% in the developed world. It is why the average African would sing and dance for an oppressive leader because of a hand-out of cash.

There are indicators showing that this high prevalence may have created a vicious circle that may never be broken in 5 centuries because each generation of weak-minded Africans will always beget another generation like them. Indeed, there are minority opinions that, in about 250 years time, Africa would become so backward that the rest of humanity may have advanced to the level of using Africans as pet.

HOW THIS MENTAL CASE KEEPS AFRICA POOR AND BACKWARD?
1. It makes Africans generally very submissive to oppressive leadership.
2. It discourages the rise of revolutionary citizenry.
3. It makes selfless leadership unattractive.

AN APPEAL
Please, I'm doing a research on the prevalence of this mindset among Africans and how it affects political leadership. What I need now are instances of its manifestation in the society that YOU know. Kindly help if you can.

The percentage of Lagosians who keep voting any of tinubu candidates (even if he was to produce a stone) suffer this syndrome.

The northeast too love buhari so much despite they are dying under the hands of terrorists working for buhari to spread Islam.

Concentrate your research on south west and north east. Political evidences abound in this zones of Stockholm syndrome

Why not ask Desmond he built plank bridge,and people still clapped for him during commissioning.

I'll say what's on my mind if this makes FP

am coming

Give it to African culture , it can only produce prefabricated slaves. If you are a Nigerian you don't really need help with this, evidence is everywhere. My 2 cents.