Nigeria's fourth republic security threat: the quest for power by Niger-Delta and Boko-Haram insurgents 1999-2015

Since her independence in 1960, Nigeria’s national security has never come under such threats as it is currently facing in the Fourth Republic. Nigeria went into a civil war seven years after her independence which lasted for three years but it was not as unprecedented and complex as her current wa...

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Main Author:	Apamshan, Zachariah
Format:	Thesis
Language:	eng eng eng
Published:	2018
Subjects:	HN Social history and conditions Social problems Social reform JA Political science (General)
Online Access:	https://etd.uum.edu.my/9194/1/s900219_01.pdf https://etd.uum.edu.my/9194/2/s900219_02.pdf https://etd.uum.edu.my/9194/3/s900219_references.docx
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spelling	my-uum-etd.91942022-03-29T06:03:16Z Nigeria's fourth republic security threat: the quest for power by Niger-Delta and Boko-Haram insurgents 1999-2015 2018 Apamshan, Zachariah Ismail, Norafidah Knocks, Tapiwa Zengeni Ghazali Shafie Graduate School of Government Ghazali Shafie Graduate School of Government HN Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform JA Political science (General) Since her independence in 1960, Nigeria’s national security has never come under such threats as it is currently facing in the Fourth Republic. Nigeria went into a civil war seven years after her independence which lasted for three years but it was not as unprecedented and complex as her current war on terror. The main objective of this research is to investigate the quest for power by the Niger-Delta militants and Boko-Haram insurgents as national security threats in Nigeria’s Fourth Republic from 1999 to 2015. Other objectives of the study include examining those factors that motivate the Niger Delta militants and Boko Haram insurgents against Nigeria. It also evaluates the security threats posed by these militant insurgents. This research made use of the qualitative research design, where data were generated via interview as the main primary data collection tool and content analysis. Findings of this study reveal that national security threats by the violent insurgents are complex and multidimensional in nature, ranging from socio-economic motivations such as abysmal unemployment and institutional corruption to ethno-religious and political factors such as ethnicity and political marginalisation perceived or real. It is found that governments in the past were not sincere and committed to addressing the agitations of the citizens. The militants took up arms against the government on the notion of marginalization, neglect, and social injustice. The research further reveal that the Boko Haram insurgency in Nigeria emerges as a result of political mal-administration and the mismanagement of state resources and not otherwise as claimed by the group. The theoretical contribution of the study shows that Nigeria is currently in a troubled state due to the current waves of insurgency across the country as demonstrated by the Frustration-Aggression and the Failed-State theories in the study. 2018 Thesis https://etd.uum.edu.my/9194/ https://etd.uum.edu.my/9194/1/s900219_01.pdf text eng public https://etd.uum.edu.my/9194/2/s900219_02.pdf text eng public https://etd.uum.edu.my/9194/3/s900219_references.docx text eng public other doctoral Universiti Utara Malaysia
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advisor	Ismail, Norafidah Knocks, Tapiwa Zengeni
topic	HN Social history and conditions Social problems Social reform JA Political science (General)
spellingShingle	HN Social history and conditions Social problems Social reform JA Political science (General) Apamshan, Zachariah Nigeria's fourth republic security threat: the quest for power by Niger-Delta and Boko-Haram insurgents 1999-2015
description	Since her independence in 1960, Nigeria’s national security has never come under such threats as it is currently facing in the Fourth Republic. Nigeria went into a civil war seven years after her independence which lasted for three years but it was not as unprecedented and complex as her current war on terror. The main objective of this research is to investigate the quest for power by the Niger-Delta militants and Boko-Haram insurgents as national security threats in Nigeria’s Fourth Republic from 1999 to 2015. Other objectives of the study include examining those factors that motivate the Niger Delta militants and Boko Haram insurgents against Nigeria. It also evaluates the security threats posed by these militant insurgents. This research made use of the qualitative research design, where data were generated via interview as the main primary data collection tool and content analysis. Findings of this study reveal that national security threats by the violent insurgents are complex and multidimensional in nature, ranging from socio-economic motivations such as abysmal unemployment and institutional corruption to ethno-religious and political factors such as ethnicity and political marginalisation perceived or real. It is found that governments in the past were not sincere and committed to addressing the agitations of the citizens. The militants took up arms against the government on the notion of marginalization, neglect, and social injustice. The research further reveal that the Boko Haram insurgency in Nigeria emerges as a result of political mal-administration and the mismanagement of state resources and not otherwise as claimed by the group. The theoretical contribution of the study shows that Nigeria is currently in a troubled state due to the current waves of insurgency across the country as demonstrated by the Frustration-Aggression and the Failed-State theories in the study.
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author	Apamshan, Zachariah
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title	Nigeria's fourth republic security threat: the quest for power by Niger-Delta and Boko-Haram insurgents 1999-2015
title_short	Nigeria's fourth republic security threat: the quest for power by Niger-Delta and Boko-Haram insurgents 1999-2015
title_full	Nigeria's fourth republic security threat: the quest for power by Niger-Delta and Boko-Haram insurgents 1999-2015
title_fullStr	Nigeria's fourth republic security threat: the quest for power by Niger-Delta and Boko-Haram insurgents 1999-2015
title_full_unstemmed	Nigeria's fourth republic security threat: the quest for power by Niger-Delta and Boko-Haram insurgents 1999-2015
title_sort	nigeria's fourth republic security threat: the quest for power by niger-delta and boko-haram insurgents 1999-2015
granting_institution	Universiti Utara Malaysia
granting_department	Ghazali Shafie Graduate School of Government
publishDate	2018
url	https://etd.uum.edu.my/9194/1/s900219_01.pdf https://etd.uum.edu.my/9194/2/s900219_02.pdf https://etd.uum.edu.my/9194/3/s900219_references.docx
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Nigeria's fourth republic security threat: the quest for power by Niger-Delta and Boko-Haram insurgents 1999-2015

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