Cattle Rustling and Armed Banditry along Nigeria-Niger Borderlands
Journal Title: IOSR Journal of Humanities and Social Science - Year 2018, Vol 23, Issue 4
Abstract
One major challenge bedevilling the Nigeria-Niger borderlands has been the aspect of cattle rustling and armed banditry whose paucity of records on its gravity on the affected victims has left much to be desired over time and space. Most of the analysis provided by security on these perennial phenomena has so far glanced at it as a national rather than international crime activity. However, evidence extant seemed to indicate an international crime linkage factor also, especially when the prevalent relationship between some parts of Nigeria and Tahoua Region in Niger Republic has been considered. The likelihood of these perpetrated acts (i.e. crossborder cattle rustling and armed banditry in particular) and proliferation of small arms and light weapons, drug and human trafficking including other heinous deeds has led to apprehending of criminals by security personnel across borderlands. The preoccupation of this paper therefore, is to examine cross-border cattle rustling and armed banditry in the Nigeria-Niger Republic borderlands in historical perspectives, as well as to analyse the nature and dynamics of the phenomena and how that has further affected the relationship of the duo inclusive the downstream economy.
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Dr. Murtala Ahmed Rufa‟i
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