FALLACY: A MAJOR CAUSE FOR THE UNENDING BOKO HARAM TERRORISM IN NORTH-EASTERN NIGERIA
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Ishaku Hamidu
Department of Political Science,
Federal University of Kashere, Gombe State
Email: hamidushaks002@gmail.com
Abstract:
Jama’atual Alhi-sunna Lid Da’awat Wal-Jihad (Boko Haram) started as a normal Islamic religious movement but later transformed itself into radical and militant organization after the 2009 upheaval in Maiduguri. The activities of this group has consumed several lives and properties, affected national and regional security as well as socioeconomic developments. The effort by the Nigerian authorities to halt the advances of the group seems to be fruitless; but instead, the group has become a terrorist organization, operating even beyond the shores of Nigeria. This paper formulates and adopted fallacy theory as a major cause for the unending or lingering terrorism in North-east Nigeria. The paper recommends that speaking the truth by individual and institution; boosting positive chain of communication vertically and horizontally, as well as making pragmatic resolutions base on the factual knowledge acquired are panacea for preventing or ending the Boko Haram terrorism.
Keywords: Fallacy; Boko Haram; Terrorism; North-east and Communication