Untold story of the expanding armed banditry in Nigeria’s Northwest: linking the communal-level collaborators

Kelechukwu Charles Obi and Victor Chidubem Iwuoha

Third World Quarterly, 2023, vol. 44, issue 7, 1398-1416

Abstract: This study interrogates the often de-emphasised and understudied communal-level dimension of the armed banditry in Nigeria’s Northwest region. Data collection was based on mixed methods and documentary evidence. The study dissects the communal dimension of the expanding armed banditry in Nigeria’s Northwest from three communal-level perspectives, namely (1) wholesale farmland allocation, (2) poor vigilante governance and (3) bandits’ covert alliance with some traditional authorities for intelligence and benefits sharing. It concludes that these underlying communal-linked factors are implicated in the pervasiveness of armed banditry in Nigeria’s Northwest region. The study recommends livestock reformation by implementing all the extant grazing reserves, forestry laws and policies.

Date: 2023
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