Terrorism and Nigeria’s Socio-Economic Development: An Assessment of Boko Haram Insurgency in Adamawa State

Abstract

The Boko Haram insurgency in Nigeria has been a source of concern not only to the government of Nigeria, but also to the international community especially when the sect bombed the United Nations Headquarters in Abuja in 2011. After this attack, the sect has carried out numerous attacks in Nigeria killing thousands of people. There has been plethora of reasons adduced to this development. Some opinions and political leaders within and outside Nigeria adduced the causes of Boko Haram insurgency to poverty, injustice, and lack of civil liberties, while others disagree with this line of thought. Based on this, the researcher used primary source of data in order to acquire and obtain information about this study. Questionnaire was designed and distributed to the selected sample population drawn from the population of the study area using Tarro Yammane formula to determine the causes of Boko Haram insurgency and examines its implications on socio-economic development of Nigeria. The data collected was presented in tables and the results discussed and analysed. Chi-square was also used to test the hypotheses formulated. The study adopted Systems Theory and

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