The Menace of Fulani Herdsmen and the Challenges of Insecurity in Nigeria

Year 2019, Volume: 4 Issue: 2, 84 - 98, 29.10.2019

Leke Oke Ojo Olawale

Abstract

This paper examines the violent rising wave of
Fulani herdsmen attacks in Nigeria. The menace of Fulani herdsmen has spread
like wildfire which poses a great threat to the corporate existence and oneness
of Nigeria. Thus, the crisis is attributed to ethnic cleansings, border porosity,
political mitigation, environmental and climate change. The study avers that
the relationship of the herders with their animals differ them from normal
nature of the civil world or orderly society which influenced the herders to
have a less value for human life. This relationship results in incessant crises
between the herders and the host communities which have left thousands of
people dead and millions homeless. Utilizing secondary data, the paper
canvasses civic education as a panacea to tackling the menace of Fulani
herdsmen in Nigeria. Finally, there is also need for collaborative efforts by
all security agencies (military and para-military forces) to work together to
curb insurgencies in Nigeria. 

Keywords

Ethnic Cleansing, Insecurity, Cattle Rustling, Fulani herdsmen, collective violence

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