Organised Violence in Nigeria and the Travails of National Security
ThespateofviolenceandinsecurityinNigeriasincethereturntodemocraticrulein1999isalarming.Violenceofvariousmagnitudesaredailyevolvingandleadingtolossofhumanandmaterialresources.Moreperplexinghoweveristheobservationthatsomeofthesearedeliberatelyplannedandtargetedatspecificlocations,individuals,orgroupso...
| Main Author: | |
|---|---|
| Format: | Print Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
| Published: |
2018
|
| In: |
Religions' educator
Year: 2018, Volume: 17, Issue: 1, Pages: 49-62 |
| Further subjects: | B
National Security
B Travails B Nigeria B Organised Violence |
| Summary: | ThespateofviolenceandinsecurityinNigeriasincethereturntodemocraticrulein1999isalarming.Violenceofvariousmagnitudesaredailyevolvingandleadingtolossofhumanandmaterialresources.Moreperplexinghoweveristheobservationthatsomeofthesearedeliberatelyplannedandtargetedatspecificlocations,individuals,orgroupsofpeople.WhilethenationisstillgrapplingwiththeBokoHaramissue,despitegovernment’sassurancethatthegrouphasbeendecimated,killingspurportedlybyherdsmenacrosssomestatesofthefederation,addedanotherdimensiontothespateofviolenceandinsecurityinthenation.Thispaperthereforeisacarefulexaminationofthesecuritychallengespresentlyfacingthenation,especiallyasitisoccasionedbytheBokoHaraminsurgencyandtheincessantattackbyherdsmenincertainpartsofthecountry.Itadoptedthedescriptiveapproach.Consequently,itdescribestwoorganisedviolenceandtheinsecuritytheypresentlyengenderedforthecountry.Itthenidentifiesissuesasexecutivemischiefmaking,politicisationofreligion,absenceofjusticeandexternalfactorsassomeofthecauses.Whileaffirmingthattheseincidences,ifnotproperlyhandledportendsdangerfortheindividualcitizen,andthreatensthecorporateexistenceofthenation, it suggested the way forward for peace to reign in the Nigeria. |
|---|---|
| ISSN: | 1115-5035 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: National Association for the Study of Religions and Education, Religions' educator
|
