Self-defence against Fulani herders’ aggression: a demand for licenced firearms in Plateau state, Nigeria

Kasa, Adamu Gayus; Egharevba, M. E.; Jegede, Ajibade Ebenezer

doi:10.1108/jacpr-06-2022-0722

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“…https://doi.org/10.33774/apsa-2023-0twpt-v2 ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1097-3845 Content not peer-reviewed by APSA. License: All Rights Reserved New Telegraph 2024; Kasa et al 2023;Sadiq et al 2021). This leads to a scenario where conflicts over land and water resources, which might have been resolved amicably between farmers and herders in the absence of weapons, turn violent.…”

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Is there a religious dimension to concern about farmer-herder conflicts in Nigeria?

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Many studies have been conducted on the conflicts between Fulani nomadic herders and sedentary farmers over land and water resources in Nigeria, but very few have examined the religious dimension of these conflicts. In fact, some studies have described explanations that focus on the religious dimension as oversimplifications of a complex social problem. But is this really the case? Is religion important in understanding the dynamics of the conflict? My regression results show that Muslim affiliation and the predominance of Muslims in a local government area (i.e., municipality) negatively correlate with concern about farmer-herder conflicts. A plausible mechanism behind this finding is that Islam, which is the religion shared by the Fulani nomadic herders and the Muslim sedentary population, allows trust to be easily established between members of the two groups, which in turn lowers the likelihood of disputes over land and water resources turning violent.

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Government’s failure to protect its citizens against nomadic herders’ aggression: a tacit permission for self-defense in Plateau State, Nigeria

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Egharevba,

Jegede

2024

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Purpose This paper aims to present the continuous Nigerian Government’s failure to protect the lives and property of its citizens against the incessant itinerant herders’ violence, despite its numerous programs in attempts to end the carnage. It sought also to examine the relationship between this government’s failure to meet its responsibility and the ineluctable self-defense mechanisms adopted by the people of Plateau State, Nigeria. Design/methodology/approach The research was both quantitative and qualitative. The study was conducted in four of the 17 Local Government Areas of the state: Bassa, Jos-south, Riyom and Barkin Ladi. A sample size of 400 was determined using Yamane Taro’s sampling size formula. Four hundred respondents were interviewed using a Google questionnaire (found at this link: https://forms.gle/tu96ZDwP85e8JsGu8). In this study, a total of seven key informant interviews and nine focus group discussions were conducted. Findings The finding revealed that most indigenous ethnic groups were dissatisfied with the government’s handling of the nomadic herders’ aggression. Therefore, 99.1% of Berom, 99.0% of Irigwe and 92.9% of other ethnicities argued that the government’s failure to protect them is a tacit permission for self-defense. On the contrary, 60.0% of the Fulani were satisfied with the government’s strategies in ending the aggression and 95.0% of them argued that the government’s failure to protect its citizens is not an implied permission for self-defense. It was also found that a relationship exists between the government’s lack of capacity to end the nomadic herders’ aggression and implied consent for self-defense in Plateau State, Nigeria. Originality/value This is a research paper that uses primary data. The findings are germane to ending the challenge of recurrent aggression of nomadic herders on other Nigerians. The study concludes that the government must live up to its responsibility of the protection of its citizens’ lives and property, failure to do so is an implicit permission to the citizens to defend themselves. It also recommended that the government should return displaced people to their communities.

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Self-defence against Fulani herders’ aggression: a demand for licenced firearms in Plateau state, Nigeria

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Is there a religious dimension to concern about farmer-herder conflicts in Nigeria?

Is there a religious dimension to concern about farmer-herder conflicts in Nigeria?

Government’s failure to protect its citizens against nomadic herders’ aggression: a tacit permission for self-defense in Plateau State, Nigeria

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