Nigeria and the Boko Haram Sect: Adopting a Better Strategy for Resolving the Crisis

Abstract

The purpose of this thesis is to examine the growth and activities of the Boko Haram sect in Nigeria with the aim of suggesting a strategy for resolving the crisis. The thesis will focus on the evolution of the sect and the enabling environment that served to support its growth especially in the North East region of Borno, Yobe, and Adamawa States of Nigeria. This thesis will demonstrate that the present response of the government which is more focused on addressing the symptoms of terrorism, remains inadequate, and requires a strategy that addresses the root cause and symptoms of terrorism to resolve the crisis. Such a strategy involves a government-wide approach whereby the military expands its operations to limit the operating space for the sect, and the government simultaneously addresses the root causes of the crisis as well as the conditions that facilitated the growth of Boko Haram in North-Eastern Nigeria.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 2013
Accession Number
ADA585781

Entities

People

  • Aminu M. Umar

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Engineered Resilient Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Counterterrorism
  • Criminals
  • Demography
  • Doctrine
  • Employment
  • Governments
  • Human Population
  • National Security
  • Organizational Structure
  • Personnel Management
  • Police
  • Radicalization
  • Societies
  • Students
  • Terrorism
  • Terrorists
  • United States Government

Readers

  • Applied Combinatorial Optimization and Logic Circuit Design.
  • Defense Acquisition Program Management
  • Emergency Management and Homeland Security.

Technology Areas

  • Space