Banditry and Security Crisis in Nigeria

This book examines the growing phenomenon of armed banditry in Nigeria and its implication for national security.

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Al Chukwuma Okoli is a Reader (Associate Professor) in Political Science at The Federal University of Lafia, Nigeria.

Saliou Ngom is a Researcher in the Department of Human Sciences at the Fundamental Institute of Black Africa (IFAN-CAD) at Cheikh Anta Diop University of Dakar, Senegal.

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PART I: THE SUBJECT MATTER AND CONTEXT

Chapter 1: Introduction: Situating Banditry and Security Crisis in Nigeria

Al Chukwuma Okoli & Saliou Ngom

Chapter 2: Pastoralism, Farmer-Herder Conflicts and Banditry in the Western Sahel

Peter Echewija Sule

Chapter 3: Climate Change and Rural Violence in Northern Nigeria: A Discursive Reflection

Al Chukwuma Okoli, Nsemba Edward Lenshie & Musa Aishat Suleiman

Chapter 4: Governance Failure and Armed Banditry in Nigeria's North West: Some Contextual Insights

Tosin Osasona

Chapter 5: Nigeria's North West Bandits and their Strategic Logic

Solomon Timothy Anjide

Chapter 6: Banditry in Northwestern Nigeria: Complex Issues, Emerging Realities

Noah Echa Attah & Babayo Sule

Part II: INCIDENCE AND DYNAMICS

Chapter 7: Herding Scapegoats, Framing Fulani: The Entanglements of Ethnic Conflict, Banditry, and Violent Extremism

Ian Edgerly & Scott Edmondson

Chapter 8: Manifestations of Banditry in Safana Area of Katsina State, North West Nigeria

Suleiman Iguda Ladan

Chapter 9: Armed Banditry and Humanitarian Crisis in Northern Nigeria

Dare Leke Idowu & Oladiran Afolabi

Chapter 10: Exploring Farmer-herder Conflict and the Banditry Crisis in North-Central Nigeria

Plangshak Musa Suchi & Sallek Yak Musa

Chapter 11: Banditry and Gendered Victimhood in Northern Nigeria: Women as Objects and Victims

Damilola Taiye Agbalajobi & Saliou Ngom

Part III: POLICY IMPLICATIONS, REMEDIES, AND SUBMISSION

Chapter 12: Nigerian Government's Counter-banditry Efforts in the North West: How Effective?

Usman Sambo & Babayo Sule

Chapter 13: Curbing Armed Banditry in Nigeria: The Imperative for Community Policing

Bose Ibukunoluwa Olojede & Chigozie Joseph Nebeife

Chapter 14: Drones and Counter-Banditry Operations in the Western Sahel: Strategic Prospects

Francis Okpaleke & Al Chukwuma Okoli

Chapter 15: The State and Counter Banditry in Nigeria: Strategies, Challenges and Prospects

Ikenna Mike Alumona & Kingsley Maduka Onwuanabile

Chapter 16: Armed Banditry and the Imperative for Collective Security in the Sahel Savanna: G5 and Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF) in Comparative Perspective

Uchenna Simeon

Chapter 17: Conclusion: Mitigating Nigeria's Banditry-Security Conundrum

Al Chukwuma Okoli & Saliou Ngom