IIARD International Institute of Academic Research and Development

AFRICAN JOURNAL OF HISTORY AND ARCHAEOLOGY (AJHA )

E-ISSN 2579-048X
P-ISSN 2695-1851
Vol. 1 No.8, 2015

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Conflict Early Warning Signs and Nigerian Government Response Dilemma: The Case Of Increasing Agitations for Statehood by Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and Movement for the Actualization of Sovereign State of Biafra (MASOB)

Anthony Williams Amamkpa and Paul Uche Mbakwe, Ph.D

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Abstract

The basic goal of Conflict Early Warning systems (CEWs) is to prevent loss of lives, economic and material resources. Against the backdrop of a bloody three-year Civil War (1967-1970), the Nigerian Federal Government ought to be wary of the renewed agitation for a Biafra state – a consequence of unfulfilled aspirations of the Igbo population. To forestall a repeat of the past, this paper identifies the early warning signs and proposes proactive early warning responses suitable for a peaceful co-existence of a united Nigeria, as the option of conflict will roll back the progress made so far in nation-building over the years.

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