Abstract
This paper highlights terrorism, Fulani herdsmen and the forced migration of Christians and Igbo indigenes from Northern Nigeria, and the revalidation of Biafra following the killings of hundreds of Christians, and Igbo indigenes, and destruction of their properties running into billions of Naira in Borno, Yobe, Gombe, Bauchi, Adamawa, Taraba, Kaduna, Plateau, Benue, Nassarawa and Kogi States. However, the recent slaughter of innocent Nigerians in Benue State including the senseless slaughter of two Catholic priests and their parishioners by marauding Fulani herdsmen heightened the insecurity in Nigeria. Data depended on both primary and secondary sources and literatures related to the variables were reviewed. Aggression and Frustration theory was employed to provide a foundation for the study. Among the findings, the study revealed that the terrorism has become a national menace affecting socio-economic and political development of the country. The study showed that the Boko Haram deadly attacks have not only destroyed hundreds of lives and properties worth billions of naira, but also culminated in the forced migration of both Christians and Igbo Indigenes seeking greener pastures from Northern Nigeria. The study, furthermore, revealed that the current wave of uncertainties in Nigeria is a bye product of an accumulated deprivation, destruction, marginalization, anger and frustration of Christians of the north central geographical zone who would prefer to join their Igbo counterparts to be self ruled in their proposed creation: Biafra. Based on this, the study therefore recommends that the government should protect and safeguard Christians of the north central geographical zone and Igbo Indigenes from being massacred and their properties running into billions of naira destroyed so as to save Nigeria from splitting into "Banana Republics". Secondly, the government should address the symptoms of terrorism and the deadly and continued invasion of Fulani herdsmen rather than the root cause in order to resolve the crisis and halt the dismemberment of the Nigeria nation. Furthermore, the Muslim leaders should inculcate in their members high ethical standards, respect for human life, dignity and also ensure that their adherents are more loving and tolerant of other people and other religions. Finally, the study concludes that since Nigeria is a pluralist society, the government should through the mass media emphasize the essence of peaceful co-existence so as to engender national integration.
Highlights
In the aftermath of the heartbreaking events of September 11, 2001, several prominent arm-chair critics, spectators, as well as academics have called for increased support and educational cum learning assistance to end terrorism
Instead of viewing terrorism and the Fulani herdsmen deadly attacks as direct responses to low market opportunities or ignorance, it is more accurately to be viewed as a response to political conditions and long-standing feelings of indignity, accumulated deprivation, subjugation, anger, frustration, and marginalization that have little to do with economics
40 participants representing 80% asserted that Boko Haram terrorist activities contradicted National integration and had made Nigeria unstable, hegemonic and that the instability and chaos arising from the unhealthy rivalry amongst the different groups showed that the Nigerian situation was such that boycotted the due course of legitimization at formation and the discordant voices were merely manifesting that consensus and fair play would remain a mirage. 35 participants representing 70% of the total population held that unless there is remarkable improvement in the maintenance of security in the land, the Igbos and other southerners would never return to the northeast region
Summary
In the aftermath of the heartbreaking events of September 11, 2001, several prominent arm-chair critics, spectators, as well as academics have called for increased support and educational cum learning assistance to end terrorism. This thesis tends to consent to the fact that there is surprisingly new evidence that provides optimism that a reduction in poverty or an increase in educational attainment would meaningfully reduce terrorism (Mehmood, 2014) and by extension, the Fulani herdsmen deadly attacks. In disagreement with this misleading notion, Krueger and Malečková (2003) aver that any connection between poverty, education and terrorism has the capacity of duplicity, complication and probably ambiguous. Put, there is no universally agreed-on definition of terrorism despite the avalanche of famous scholars
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