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Unravelling Community Policing as a Panacea for Boko Haram Stalemate

In: Peace Studies for Sustainable Development in Africa

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  • Sogo A. Olofinbiyi

    (University of Venda)

  • Witness Maluleke

    (University of Limpopo)

  • Khomotjo Lekgau

    (University of Limpopo)

Abstract

Over ten years of Boko Haram terrorism in Nigeria has placed the Islamist Jihadist sect as the most notorious and intractable insurgent group that has ever featured in the country. They have irrepressibly posed great threats to national security by destructively attacking organisations, both local and international, and laying serious foundations for engrained underdevelopment of the Nigerian state. This study adopts a qualitative methodological approach of in-depth interviews to examine the phenomenon and suggest a community policing approach—among other preventive policy recommendations—as a new paradigm shift in counterterrorism strategy to resolve the crisis in Nigeria, as well as prevent future occurrence of such menace in this part of sub-Saharan Africa.

Suggested Citation

  • Sogo A. Olofinbiyi & Witness Maluleke & Khomotjo Lekgau, 2022. "Unravelling Community Policing as a Panacea for Boko Haram Stalemate," Advances in African Economic, Social and Political Development, in: Egon Spiegel & George Mutalemwa & Cheng Liu & Lester R. Kurtz (ed.), Peace Studies for Sustainable Development in Africa, pages 81-97, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:aaechp:978-3-030-92474-4_10
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-92474-4_10
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