BOKO HARAM CRISIS AND THE SOCIO-POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT OF NIGERIA

BOKO HARAM CRISIS AND THE SOCIO-POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT OF NIGERIA
CHAPTER
ONE INTRODUCTION
1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
Over the years, Nigeria
has experienced series of attacks and blast in most region of the
country. The violent agitation by Militants in the Niger Delta region
(MEND) has often led to loss of lives and properties otherwise known as
“Movement for Emancipation of Niger Delta. So many spirited groups hide
under this body to carry out their nefarious acts of rebellion govern
the Nigerian state to express their governances over the degradations of
the operation of the multinational organization. Similarly, there are
groups that exist in other parts of the country and they include; the
“Odua Peoples Congress (OPC) which is located in the South-West. They
are often called the Afeinifere group. There exists also the “Movement
for the Actualization of Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB), in the
South-East while the „Boko Haram‟ uses the Northern part of the country
as their operational base.
This research study will critically
scrutinize and evaluate the activities of the latter amongst the above
mentioned political and or  religious sects, because that is the
thrust of this research. It can be deduced that socio-political
development are instrumental to the incessant crisis that has bedeviled
our beloved country „Nigeria‟ today. People are said to be poor when
they experience lack of sufficient income to purchase material needs
which often excludes individuals from partaking in generally accepted
activities of daily life in the society at large. According to ALI
MAZRUI in his „Paradox of Retardation‟, Africa is not the poorest of the
regions of the world but it is the most retarded. He argued that
Africans are richly endowed; as such they have no reason to be poor. In
spite the fact that June 10, 2006 marked 50 years of oil exploration and
production, and over & 400 billion accrued to the Nigerian state in
terms of revenue, Nigeria is still referred to as one of the poorest
and developing countries in the world.
Boko Haram as the name
denotes, does not have one particular meaning. The name more or less
connotes different meanings to different people. The group is a Nigerian
Islamic group that seeks the imposition of Sharia Law throughout the
whole of Nigeria. Figuratively members of this group believe that
“Western education is a sin”.
Presently, the group has an undefined
structure and chain of command. It is of a paramount importance to note
that the official name of the group is „Jama‟ atu Ahlis Sunna, Lidda‟
await Wal-Jihad‟, which means or rather is tantamount to “People
committed to the propagation of the prophet‟s teaching and Jihad”. Since
its formation in 2002 in Maiduguri by the leader of the group Mohammed
Yusuf, the Boko Haram has been a thorn in the flesh of Nigeria‟s
security agencies, precisely the police force, over its opposition to
western education that it believes is a sin. In the year 2004, the
Islamic fundamentalist group relocated its base to Kanamma, Yobe State.
The new location was named “Afghanistan”, and from there, the group set
about attacking and leaving members of the Nigerian Police Lifeless.
Almost the various crises due to bombings carried out by the Boko Haram
are:
 The Nigeria sectarian violence in the year 2009.
 The Bauchi Prison Break on the 7th of September 2010
 Abuja attack on the 31st of December, 2010
 Northern Nigeria bombings on the 29th of May, 2011
 Abuja Police headquarters bombing on the 16th of June, 2011.
 Bombing at the All Christian Fellowship Church in Suleja, Niger State on the 10th of July, 2011.
 Bombing of the Abuja United nations Building on the 26th of August, 2011.
 Damaturu attacks on Friday, November 4th 2011.
 St. Theresa Catholic Church attack in Madalla at Suleja, Niger State on the 25th of December 2011.
 Kano attacks on 20th of January, 2012
 Suicide bombing at the Army Headquarters in Kaduna on the 8th of February, 2012. Just to mention but a few.
In
conclusive, having said all these at this juncture, this research work
will critically analyze the two concepts i.e. Socio-political
development and Boko Haram in order to create a better understanding in
the minds of the readers and more so, to contribute to existing
knowledge of literature.

1.2 STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM
 It is no
longer news that the activities of the Boko Haram and other similar
political and or religious sects have often led to loss of properties,
lives, and even the breakdown of laws and order, peace and security in
the Nigerian society at large. It has been observed that a lot of
attacks have been made onto many states, which include even the Federal
Capital Territory, Abuja. What puzzles most observers is the fact that
most of these attacks are not carried out by suicide bombers yet the
culprits often get away unharmed. This leaves a big question mark in our
security agencies as regards to their duty in the protection of lives
and properties, and the procurement of weapons of mass destruction to
combat this menace which is eating deep into the Nigerian society today.
Without being said, Boko Haram crisis do not have any advantage instead
it is a vicious and nefarious act carried out by individuals for their
selfish desires, the motivating factor being to control the religious
and political power.However, it is the above stated problems that
instigated the researcher into investigating on the topic the impact of
Boko Haram on the Socio-political development of Nigeria” using Niger
State as a case study.
 1.3 OBJECTIVE OF THE STUDY
The main thrust of
this study is to determine Boko Haram crisis and the socio-political
development of Nigeria to achieve this, the researcher has the following
objectives as it points.
1. To find out if there are Boko Haram crisis in Nigeria.
2. To ascertain the remote and immediate causes of boko Haram crisis in Nigeria.
3. To ascertain the socio-Political and religious implication of Boko Haram crisis in Nigeria.
4. To make suggestions to the federal governmet on how to tackle the Boko Haram crisis.
5. To determine the ways in which the Nigeria citizens can serve as a helping hand in tackling the Boko Haram crisis in Nigeria
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