Armed Banditry in Nigeria

Evolution, Dynamics, and Trajectories

Inbunden, Engelska, 2024

Av John Sunday Ojo, Folahanmi Aina, Samuel Oyewole

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In Nigeria, armed banditry has emerged as a contemporary threat to national security. As it explores the activities of armed banditry in Nigeria, the debate will focus on its historical context, socio-economic consequences, transnational dimensions, and the response to armed banditry in Nigeria.

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Utgivningsdatum2024-02-23
Mått148 x 210 x 23 mm
Vikt543 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor311
FörlagSpringer International Publishing AG
ISBN9783031454448

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Samuel Oyewole is a lecturer at the Department of Political Science, Federal University Oye-Ekiti, Nigeria. His research interests cover African affairs, military and strategic studies, crisis management, and development studies. Folahanmi Aina is an international security analyst and researcher. He completed a second Masters’ degree in African Studies, at the University of Oxford, having earlier obtained a Masters’ degree in International Development Policy from Seoul National University, South Korea. He is currently completing a doctorate degree in Leadership Studies, with reference to security and development at King’s College London. John Sunday Ojo is a doctoral researcher at the Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter School for Peace and Conflict Resolution, George Mason University, USA

1. Introduction - John Sunday Ojo, Fola Aina and Samuel Oyewole.- Part 1: The Causes and Characters of Armed Banditry.- 2. Climate Change and Armed Banditry in North-West Nigeria: A Synergy of Convenience – Oluwole Ojewale and Jumoke Ayandele.- 3. Borderless Criminals or Comrades in Commune: The Transnational Dimension of Nomadic Armed Banditry in North-West - John Sunday Ojo and Fola Aina.- 4. Monetizing Peace, Boundless Bargaining or Fragile Truce? Armed Banditry, Circular Economy of Kidnapping, and the Politics of Transactional Security – Femi Philip.- 5. Fulanising Armed Banditry in North-West Nigeria: Towards a Criminalisation of an Ethnic Identity - Siddique Abubakar.- 6. Armed Banditry and Arms Trafficking in Northwest Nigeria - Ilufoye Sarafa Ogundiya and Titus Utbie.- Part II: The Consequences of Armed Banditry.- 7. Unveiling Northwestern Nigeria’s Armed Banditry-Induced Humanitarian Crisis - Fola Aina and John Sunday Ojo.- 8. The Convergence of Chaos: Is Armed Banditry Terrorism in Disguise? - Oluwole Ojewale and John Sunday Ojo.- 9. Masking the Reign of Terror in Nigeria: Armed Banditry and State Complacency – AI Chukwuma Okoli.- 10. Armed Banditry, Nigerian State, and the Politics of Framing Terrorism - Charles E. Ekpo.- 11. Armed Banditry and its Impact on Food Security – Samuel Oyewole and Titus Utibe.- 12. Armed Banditry and its Effect on Human Capital Development in Northwest Nigeria. – Seun Bamidele.- 13. Gendered Dimensions to Armed Banditry in Northwest Nigeria: Livelihood and vulnerability - Maryanne Iwara or Jumoke Ayandele.- Part III: Controlling Armed Banditry.- 14. Nigerian State and the War Against Armed Banditry - Kazeem Lamidi.- 15. ‘Yan Sakai Vigilantism and Community Response to Armed Banditry in Nigeria’s North-West – Murtala Rufai and James Barnett.- 16. Negotiating Peace or Peace on Trial: Armed Banditry and the Cacophony of Blanket Amnesty - Gbeke Adenuga.- 17. Conclusion - John Sunday Ojo, Fola Aina and Samuel Oyewole.