TERRORISM IN NIGERIA: CAUSES, CONSEQUENCE AND PANACEA
TERRORISM IN NIGERIA: CAUSES, CONSEQUENCE AND PANACEA

Summary/Abstract: ‘’Terrorism that is seen as an organized violent attack on a target with the aim of undermining alawfully constituted authority and to cause fear among the populace in furthering of some socialpoliticalobjectives’’. It’s an act that has been bedeviling Nigerian state since 2003, and theadverse effect of these act on Nigeria has been a heavy humanitarian crisis on one hand, andchallenges of insecurity on the other hand. Despite the enactment of the terrorism provision Act2011, which was enacted to prosecute, punish those citizens that will be engaging in the Act ofterrorism in Nigeria, and finally prevent such Act, quite a number of Nigerian citizens still engagedin the Act of terrorism. This paper examined the causes and the impact of terrorism onthe Nigerian state, and proffer sustainable solution to the act of terrorism bedeviling Nigerianstate. This paper adopted the hybrid method of data collection, that is both primary and secondarymethod of data collection was applied. The paper conducted interviews, while other datawas gathered from the readymade works of scholars and was used in the analyses of fact. Afterexamining terrorism and its impact on Nigeria, the paper analyzed options that may serve as away out of the menace of terrorism in Nigeria and recommended that government of Nigeriashould adopt the strategy and possible panacea put forward by this paper, as it will help to agreat extends in eradicating terrorism in Nigeria.

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