Abstract
Ethnic-based violence in Nigeria descended from crass-scramble for economic resources following the unhealthy ambition to control the central government by the different ethnic groupings that make up the territory. Many militia ethnic groups have arisen as a result, at one time or another seeking for secession. The agitation for secession which had led the country to a 30-month civil war between 1967 and 1970 has even become more vociferous in the twenty-first century. The political class seems to benefit from the spoils, as a result give backup to the ethnic militants which favor their personal interest. However, the arms with which these ethnic militants were equipped with cannot be retrieved successfully afterwards; this spell doom for the Nigerian society. Consequently, the country is littered with incessant ethno-religious crisis in the North, cattle herders/farmers’ crisis in the South, armed banditry in the North-West, and separatist agitations in the South-East.
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Abbreviations
- IDPs:
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Internally Displaced Persons
- IPOB:
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Indigenous People of Biafra
- LGA:
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Local Government Area
- NDVF:
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Niger Delta Volunteer Force
- OPC:
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Oduduwa People’s Congress
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Eze, O.J., Ajah, B.O., Okpa, J.T., Ngwu, G.E. (2023). Ethnic-Based Violence: Nigeria Perspectives. In: Martin, C., Preedy, V.R., Patel, V.B. (eds) Handbook of Anger, Aggression, and Violence. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-98711-4_182-2
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