Abstract
Terror and wars are not recent events as they had always existed with mankind since creation. According to Charles Darwin, in his concept of “survival of the fittest,” only the strong survive and this statement had gone ahead overtime to prove its validity both domestically and the world over. Although wars are not new, their effects (especially social effects) such as the effect on religion, destruction of social networks and support, functional impairment, conduct disorder (deviance), destruction of social capitals, destruction of social institutions and on young people cannot be ignored since every action is consequential. Nigeria is not an exception to terrorisms, wars and insurgencies as can be proven by her most recent histories; there had been the civil war, Niger-Delta insurgency and now the terroristic act of Boko Haram in the North-East. Due to the numerous effects of war, there are many scholarly works on psychological, biological and the economic dimensions but the social effects of terror such as is currently going on in North-East Nigeria are more trans-generational and have a more diverse outlook, despite this, there is the silence of literature on such effects thus, the aptness of this work. This paper underscores the social effects of the ongoing insurgence of Boko Haram in the North-East Nigeria on young individuals. Although United Nations in 1981 designated 15-24 years as youths, this study adopts 13-24 years for a wider coverage due to the historic-religious and cultural documentations and evidences of early marriages among the people under study. Theoretically, structural functionalism is apt in the explanation of this growing situation and it submits that the Nigerian state should pay much attention on development, Nigeria should explore the informal education sector and that religion of any kind should be de-radicalized and any iota of inciting messages should be expunged from worship places.
 Ujene, I. G. | Department of Sociology, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria
Highlights
Nigeria is considered the most populated Black Nation in the world over with a documented population of one hundred and forty million (National Population Commission, 2006) but with a current estimation of one hundred and ninetyeight million (Duruiheoma, 2018)
The Islamic fundamentalism can be traced back to the 1980’s which saw to the “Maitatsine” uprising as was led by Muhammadu Marwa (Adesoji, 2011)
According to a study by Davidson, 19% of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) patients may commit suicide which according to Durkheim (1970, first published in 1897) is a social effect that is detrimental to the society at large
Summary
Nigeria is considered the most populated Black Nation in the world over with a documented population of one hundred and forty million (National Population Commission, 2006) but with a current estimation of one hundred and ninetyeight million (Duruiheoma, 2018). Amnesty International learnt from one of the members of the Civilian Joint Task Force how Boko Haram took advantage of the idleness of these young men especially in Konduga, Borno state and other parts of the North-Eastern states. Due to the wide acceptance of the group among the economically and socially displaced and marginalized youths from the abinitio, Boko Haram gained ground in the North-East Nigeria and had used the opportunity to wreak havoc on individuals especially the perceived infidels. Every thought or view in the Nigerian context is filtered through religion It is the opinion of Adesoji (2017) that the Sharia debate in the Constituent Assembly between 1977 and 1978 was the first incidence to majorly polarize Nigeria along religious lines. The Islamic fundamentalism can be traced back to the 1980’s which saw to the “Maitatsine” uprising as was led by Muhammadu Marwa (Adesoji, 2011)
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