Post-amnesty peacebuilding and restiveness in the Niger Delta: what do grassroots narratives suggest?

Agwu, Prince; Nwangwu, Chikodiri; Okoye, Uzoma O.

doi:10.1057/s41284-021-00298-y

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“…The securitisation theory highlights the importance of labelling as a form of symbolic power exercised by securitising actors. The theory has been used to study a variety of issues, including migration and citizenship questions (Aslan, 2022;Ben-Porat and Ghanem, 2017;Bourbeau, 2016;Taureck, 2006), elections (Jenkins, 2020;Mbah et al, 2020), counterinsurgency operations (Okolie and Ugwueze, 2015;Okoli and Lenshie, 2022), civil society organisations (Njoku, 2020(Njoku, , 2022, (post)amnesty peace-building in the Niger Delta (Agwu et al, 2022), human rights (Appiagyei-Atua et al, 2017), and climate change (Oramah et al, 2022).…”

Section: Securitisation Theory In the Context Of National Security Th...mentioning

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Border Governance, Migration Securitisation, and Security Challenges in Nigeria

Ogbonna¹,

Lenshie

Nwangwu

2023

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Nigerian politicians accuse foreigners of contributing to the many security challenges in the country. As a result, the government of Nigeria securitised foreigners’ immigration to justify its policy of land border closure in 2019, which it claimed was aimed at mitigating the security problems bedevilling Nigeria. This study analyses how Nigeria’s national security is impacted by the securitisation of border governance and migration. Relying on the securitisation theory and qualitative methods based on focus group discussions, key informant interviews, and desk reviews of existing literature, it found that the securitisation of migration to establish strict border governance represents the interests of the political elite who have failed to address security challenges in Nigeria. The study concludes that government should de-securitise foreigners’ immigration by addressing underlying domestic and external factors driving insecurity in Nigeria.

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Border Governance, Migration Securitisation, and Security Challenges in Nigeria

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Lenshie

Nwangwu

2023

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“…The fourth relates to what is perceived as President Buhari’s repressive treatment of other relatively nonviolent sectarian groups and movements such as the Islamic Movement of Nigeria, Yoruba Nation Movement, and the Indigenous People of Biafra while the so-called repentant Boko Haram members are being rehabilitated (Nwangwu, 2022; Nwangwu, Mbah et al, 2020). Drawing from the conclusion of Agwu et al (2022), it is apposite to state that the rehabilitation and reintegration of “repentant” Boko Haram members is normalizing rebellion as a pathway to attracting Nigerian government’s attention.…”

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Boko Haram, security architecture and counterinsurgency in North-East, Nigeria

Lenshie

Nwangwu

Ezeibe

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Armed Forces & Society

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While previous studies have interrogated the motivations of Boko Haram and the role of security agencies in counterinsurgency, explanations of the escalation of Boko Haram attacks on Nigerian security agencies have received limited academic attention. This study re-examines the dynamics of counterinsurgency operations in Nigeria within the context of the fragile state thesis. It argues that fragility of relevant state institutions has compromised the military-led counterinsurgency operations by flipping out strategic intelligence to the terrorists, embezzlement of arms procurement funds, sabotage and deplorable welfare condition of combatants, among others. Thus, the relevant state institutions should be strengthened to proactively respond to the maladies bedeviling the military-led counterinsurgency operations in the North-East region.

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“…Over time, DDR programmes have been heavily criticized on grounds of their limited successes (Muggah, 2009(Muggah, , 2015Saldner, 2020). It is argued that beyond tangible objectives such as collecting arms or demobilizing soldiers, the programmes have largely failed in the task of enhancing security levels and ensuring the smooth rehabilitation of ex-combatants and even of their dependents (Agwu et al, 2021). It has further been stated that lack of economic opportunities in many post-conflict circumstances makes the achievement of the economic component of reintegration under the DDR framework quite challenging (ILO, 2010).…”

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Operation Safe Corridor Programme and Reintegration of Ex-Boko Haram Fighters in Nigeria

Ugwueze

Ngwu

Onuoha

2021

Journal of Asian and African Studies

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The devastation of lives, livelihood and property in Nigeria caused by over a decade of insurgency by the Boko Haram terrorists is a subject of security, policy, humanitarian and academic concern. Several counter-measures have been adopted by both state and non-state actors to combat the insurgency with limited successes recorded. Consequently, studies have examined several efforts taken by the Nigerian government toward ending the Boko Haram insurgency, including the challenges confronting such efforts. However, Nigeria’s de-radicalization, rehabilitation and reintegration programme for ex-Boko Haram fighters, known as Operation Safe Corridor, has received marginal attention in literature. The Operation Safe Corridor programme which was established in September 2015 is aimed at de-radicalizing, rehabilitating and reintegrating repentant Boko Haram insurgents into society. Using a field survey method involving key informant interviews and focus group discussions as well as documentary reports, this article examines the progress and pitfalls of the Operation Safe Corridor programme. It argues that the failure to mainstream the concerns of local communities both in policy and programming of Operation Safe Corridor severely undermines the prospect of successful and effective reintegration of ex-Boko Haram fighters. The article concludes that if this gap is not addressed, the programme will succeed in terms of the number of ex-combatants graduating from it but will fail in terms of reintegrating the graduating ex-combatants into society. This poses significant risks to both Boko Haram defectors and society at large.

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Post-amnesty peacebuilding and restiveness in the Niger Delta: what do grassroots narratives suggest?

Cited by 5 publications

References 24 publications

Border Governance, Migration Securitisation, and Security Challenges in Nigeria

Border Governance, Migration Securitisation, and Security Challenges in Nigeria

Boko Haram, security architecture and counterinsurgency in North-East, Nigeria

Operation Safe Corridor Programme and Reintegration of Ex-Boko Haram Fighters in Nigeria

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