Boko Haram has been one of the most important sources of security
challenges facing the Nigerian government since the group became
radicalised in 2009 following a government clampdown and eventual
death of their founder Mohamed Yusuf. The monograph critically
interrogates the various explanatory theses for the emergence and
radicalisation of the group and concludes that the sect is merely a
symptom of the severe crisis that has engulfed the country's
nation-building. This crisis, it argues, has triggered a massive
de-Nigerianisation process, often with the state as the enemy:
those entrusted with the nation's common patrimony steal it blind,
law enforcement officers turn the other way if you offer them a
little inducement, organised labour, including university lecturers
go on prolonged strikes on a whim, students resort to cultism and
exam malpractices and workers drag their feet, refuse to put in
their best and engage in moonlighting. Most people and groups seem
to have one form of grouse or the other against the Nigerian state
and its institutions, meaning that unless the trend is urgently
reversed, there is a risk of having Nigeria without Nigerians.
Jideofor Adibe studied political science at the University of
Nigeria, Nsukka and holds a doctorate degree in International
Development Studies from Roskilde University, Denmark. He also
holds an LLM degree in Media Law from City University, London and
equally studied the New Economic Powers at Oxford University, UK.
He has been a Guest Research Fellow at several research institutes
across the world including the Centre for Development Research,
Copenhagen, Denmark, the Nordic Institute for African Studies,
Uppsala, Sweden, the Centre for Developing Area Studies, McGill
University, Montreal, Canada and the Institute for Commonwealth
Studies, University of London, UK. Dr Adibe teaches political
science at Nasarawa State University, Keffi, Nigeria and is also
the founding editor of the quarterly, peer-reviewed journal,
African Renaissance, which has been published continuously since
June 2004. He is equally a columnist for the Daily Trust - one of
the leading national newspapers in Nigeria and also a member of the
paper's Editorial Board. Dr Adibe has published several books and
articles and can be reached at:
[email protected]
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