Defending the Homeland: A Critical Assessment of Government’s Response to the Boko Haram Insurgency in Nigeria
Like all federal systems, Nigeria has had its own fair share of insurgencies which ranged from conflict amongst ethnic nationalities to even religious terrorism. Of course, states have no option than to ensure and assure its citizens safety and security any way and anyhow they can guarantee it. Repr...
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| description | Like all federal systems, Nigeria has had its own fair share of insurgencies which ranged from conflict amongst ethnic nationalities to even religious terrorism. Of course, states have no option than to ensure and assure its citizens safety and security any way and anyhow they can guarantee it. Reprisal attacks on terrorists is a mere bandage method, basically because the wound has already been inflicted, but also since ensuring security is also target hardening, and has little effect on the success or failure of a terrorist attack. Security can only minimise casualties, not prevent attacks, especially those delivered by the terrorist suicide bombers. This paper uses secondary data as a source of information and presents the results of their content analysis to explain Nigeria efforts to protect the citizens. It argues that terrorism is a violent form of insurgency that must be retorted accordingly and any policy response that does not take this into consideration is not only naïve, but also utopian. The paper, then, recommends solutions adapted to particular circumstances. While it supports negotiation with Niger-Delta militants, it objects negotiation with Boko Haram, because these groups are pursuing totally different agendas. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-27aea463318b4b38803493f27ed315652022-12-28T08:53:23ZdeuSzczecin University PressActa Politica Polonica2451-04322022-01-015410.18276/ap.2022.54-03Defending the Homeland: A Critical Assessment of Government’s Response to the Boko Haram Insurgency in NigeriaTunde Agara0Usamotu Basheer Olalere1Young Kenneth Irhue2Centre for Strategic and Development Studies, Ambrose Alli University, NigeriaDepartment of Political Science, Osun State University, NigeriaDepartment of Political Science, Osun State University, NigeriaLike all federal systems, Nigeria has had its own fair share of insurgencies which ranged from conflict amongst ethnic nationalities to even religious terrorism. Of course, states have no option than to ensure and assure its citizens safety and security any way and anyhow they can guarantee it. Reprisal attacks on terrorists is a mere bandage method, basically because the wound has already been inflicted, but also since ensuring security is also target hardening, and has little effect on the success or failure of a terrorist attack. Security can only minimise casualties, not prevent attacks, especially those delivered by the terrorist suicide bombers. This paper uses secondary data as a source of information and presents the results of their content analysis to explain Nigeria efforts to protect the citizens. It argues that terrorism is a violent form of insurgency that must be retorted accordingly and any policy response that does not take this into consideration is not only naïve, but also utopian. The paper, then, recommends solutions adapted to particular circumstances. While it supports negotiation with Niger-Delta militants, it objects negotiation with Boko Haram, because these groups are pursuing totally different agendas.https://wnus.edu.pl/ap/pl/issue/1253/article/19953/government’s responseBoko HaraminsurgencyterrorismNigeria |
| spellingShingle | Tunde Agara Usamotu Basheer Olalere Young Kenneth Irhue Defending the Homeland: A Critical Assessment of Government’s Response to the Boko Haram Insurgency in Nigeria Acta Politica Polonica government’s response Boko Haram insurgency terrorism Nigeria |
| title | Defending the Homeland: A Critical Assessment of Government’s Response to the Boko Haram Insurgency in Nigeria |
| title_full | Defending the Homeland: A Critical Assessment of Government’s Response to the Boko Haram Insurgency in Nigeria |
| title_fullStr | Defending the Homeland: A Critical Assessment of Government’s Response to the Boko Haram Insurgency in Nigeria |
| title_full_unstemmed | Defending the Homeland: A Critical Assessment of Government’s Response to the Boko Haram Insurgency in Nigeria |
| title_short | Defending the Homeland: A Critical Assessment of Government’s Response to the Boko Haram Insurgency in Nigeria |
| title_sort | defending the homeland a critical assessment of government s response to the boko haram insurgency in nigeria |
| topic | government’s response Boko Haram insurgency terrorism Nigeria |
| url | https://wnus.edu.pl/ap/pl/issue/1253/article/19953/ |
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