Tanko Shawulu Paul, PhD
Department of Sociology, Nigerian Army University, Biu, Borno State.
Saleh Abdulkadir Maigida ,PhD
Bauchi State University
Jerry Maxwell Kassam
Department of Sociology, Nigerian Army University Biu
kassammaxwell@gmail.com
&
Lemon Blessing Ebenezer
Department of Public Administration
Glorious Vision University, Ogwa , Edo State
Abstract
Insecurity in Northern Nigeria has become hydra-headed and wide spread as it protracts. With Boko Haram insurgency in the North East, Armed Banditry in the North West and Pastoralists‘ Militias in North Central notwithstanding the inundated ethno-religious violent conflict in the region, an appreciable part of the population is currently displaced thereby needing prompt humanitarian intervention. The state responds and reacts by establishment of institutional frameworks (Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Disaster Management, National Emergency Management Agency, North East Development Commission, State Emergency Management Agency and Military Operations) to rid the region of insecurity. The insecurity has caused humanitarian disaster (deaths, loss of property, internally displacement, hunger, healthcare challenges, immobility and palpable fear and anxiety to the dweller of affected areas). The methodology leverages content analysis from secondary sources. The study adopts the theory of State Failure as humanitarian intervention is a duty of the state but the Nigeria state lags. It recommends that insecurity in the North should be addressed by using both kinetic and non-kinetic approach.
Keywords: Insurgency, Banditry, Conflict, State Failure