BOKO HARAM: FEMALE SUICIDE BOMBING AND THE CHALLENGING DIMENSION TO NIGERIAN NATIONAL SECURITY
Author(s):
Inah, Emmanuel Mkpe, Eteng Edet Enang, Ekpang, Patience Owere, Ndum, Victor Etim
Keywords:
Security, National Security, Terrorism, Boko Haram, Female Suicide Bombing
Abstract
The Islamic extremist sect (Boko Haram) in the North-East of Nigeria has unleashed terror against people and communities of the North-East, Nigeria. In their acts of terror, they have often used female suicide bombers unfortunately with remarkable success. This has often compromised and endangered security in Nigeria; especially the North Eastern part of the country. In light of this, paper examined the impact of this new phenomenon on security in the country. The work adopted the historical descriptive approach, in which secondary data were derived from text books, journals, online articles, papers and more. Data analysis for this study was qualitatively carried out. Adopting the Islamic religious fundamentalist theory, the researchers saw the security occurrence of female suicide bombing to be located within the context of this theoretical perspective and thus argued that, the activities of female suicide bombers offer a dangerous and devastating challenge to Nigeria’s national security. And, should this present trend continue unchecked, it could potentially cause a lot of devastation to the country in the nearest future. Based on the findings of the study, recommendations were made to the government, religious institutions, women advocacy groups and NGOs which among others included that, there was serious need to equip and train the Nigerian security on modern counter terrorism methods that would enable them detect bomb and weapon carriers so as to neutralize attackers promptly before they infiltrate their targets and carry out attacks.
Article Details
Unique Paper ID: 152798

Publication Volume & Issue: Volume 8, Issue 4

Page(s): 726 - 736
Article Preview & Download


Share This Article

Join our RMS



Conference Alert

NCSEM 2024

National Conference on Sustainable Engineering and Management - 2024

Last Date: 15th March 2024

Latest Publication

Call For Paper

Volume 11 Issue 1

Last Date for paper submitting for Latest Issue is 25 June 2024

About Us

IJIRT.org enables door in research by providing high quality research articles in open access market.

Send us any query related to your research on editor@ijirt.org

Social Media

Google Verified Reviews

Contact Details

Telephone:6351679790
Email: editor@ijirt.org
Website: ijirt.org

Policies

Important Links

Browse Rsearch papers