Analysis of Boko Haram Insurgency in the North East Nigeria

International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science (IJRISS) | Volume IV, Issue X, October 2020 | ISSN 2454–6186

 Analysis of Boko Haram Insurgency in the North East Nigeria

 Saidu Tunenso Umar, PhD
Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Adamawa State University, Mubi- Nigeria

Abstract: This Paper examines an over decade ongoing battle with insurgent groups that threatens the stability and political integrity of Nigeria an Africa’s most populous state. These articles employed the use of secondary sources of generating data by reviewing related literature in the fight against Boko Haram insurgency in North-East Nigeria. It has been revealed that poor leadership, weak institutions of governance and low democratic values and dividends are among the causes of insurgency in the region. The paper also recommends that the Nigeria government should intensify the battle against Boko Haram in the following ways: It should involve, as a matter of fact, coordination at all agency levels diplomatic military, intelligence, Para military services, the constituent units of the countries especially border authorities, civil society groups, and the traditional authorities and network of-Early Warning Systems at the levels of the African Union, ECOWAS, among other measures.

Keywords: Boko Haram, Analysis, Insurgency, North East Nigeria

I. INTRODUCTION

Since the creation of human societies, threats and counter threats have been in existence. However, the phenomenon of terror and its activities has reached unprecedented level in the North East Nigeria. For over a decade’s there has been an ongoing battle with insurgent groups which threatens the stability and political integrity of Africa’s most populous state. Since 2011, Boko Haram one of the largest Islamist militant groups in Africa has carried out terrorist attacks on religious and political groups, local police, and the military, as well as indiscriminately attacking civilians in busy markets and villages. Among the widely known incidents is the kidnapping of over two hundred girls from their school in April 2014. The government’s inability to contain it created a severe national security challenge. However, following negotiations between Boko Haram and the Nigerian government, brokered peace by the International Committee for the Red Cross yielded about the released of, 103 girls out of 200 girls abducted. It has been alleged that the group has been said to pledge allegiance to the Islamic State in March 2015. This scenario made the problem to become a global concern thereby making even the United States to boost Nigeria support by offering military assistance in deploying three hundred troops in the fight against Boko Haram. The terror attacks have been presumed to also threatened U.S. economic interests Inspire many efforts and strategies put in place both at the national and international levels; it has become so tasking for the Nigerian government to address issues and affairs of Boko Haram attacks

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