Analysis of Boko Haram Insurgency in the North East Nigeria

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

International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science, 2020, vol. 4, issue 10, 249-252

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.

Date: 2020
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