Okla, Emmanuel Stelman, Ph.D

Christiantus Ifeanyi Adebowale, Ph.D

Abstract

he Northeastern part of Nigeria has been embroiled in widespread insurgent activities since the extra judicial killing of the leader and founder of the Boko Haram organization Mohammed Yusuf in 2009. Ever since the Boko Haram and several of its splinter groups have pursued relentlessly violent campaigns against government institutions, towns and villages across Nigeria and beyond. Though insurgency has spiraled to other areas within and across the border of Nigeria from its epicenters in Yobe and Borno states in the Northeast of Nigeria, the region continue to serve as the hotbed of violent campaigns. With the aids of secondary sources of data emanating from relevant literature, magazines and newspapers, the study historicizes the entrenchment and the forces responsible for the sustenance of insurgency in Northeastern Nigeria. The study reveals that socio-political and economic marginalization of the masses of the Northeast are at the root of the lingering activities of violent non state actors in the region. To checkmate the prevalence of insurgency in the Northeastern part of Nigeria, the study suggests a very robust counter insurgency strategy aimed at targeting the root causes of insurgency such as unemployment, illiteracy, hunger, religious extremism and political alienation.

   

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Published: 2024

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