Citation

Ugwueze MI, Onuoha FC. J. Appl. Secur. Res. 2020; 15(4): 547-567.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2020, Informa - Taylor and Francis Group)

DOI

10.1080/19361610.2020.1811936

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

Nigeria continues to face the challenge of containing terrorism despite adopting diverse counter-terrorism measures. While extant literature has evaluated the impacts of these measures, explaining why terrorist attacks in Nigeria persist despite a robust hard approach through the traditional use of force is still lacking. Thus, this article raises a fundamental question of: why has Boko Haram terrorism persisted in Nigeria despite sustained military operations against it? In this article, we argued that because counter-terrorism in Nigeria is lacking in soft approach, it will be difficult for the Nigerian state to defeat Boko Haram insurgency even with military force.

Language: en

Keywords

Boko Haram terrorism; counter-terrorism strategy; Hard versus soft measure to security; soft approach to counter-terrorism