This study identifies the effect of democratic rule and national security in Nigeria. Part of its objectives is to
examine the relationships between democratic rule and national security, the study review literature on the
concept of Democracy and National security. Three hundred and eighty four copies of questionnaires were
administered to target the respondents from Kano state Nigeria. This is because Kano state has the largest
population in Nigeria base on National Population Commission Census, 2006 and constituted the majority of
post election violence of 2007 and 2011 General elections in Nigeria. Three hundred and twenty four copies of
the questionnaire were completed and returned, giving a total responses rate of 84.4%. The study employed
simple regression to analyse the data. Surprisingly, the finding of the study reveals that there is no significant
relationship between democratic rule and national security. The study recommends that government should
increase the size of Nigeria’s security agencies, equip them with modern tools and technology, empower and
motivate them well and strengthen neighbourhood watch and implications of finding were also discussed.