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Neo-Biafra Separatist Agitations, State Repression and Insecurity in South-East, Nigeria
1Department of Political Science, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Enugu State 410001 Nigeria.
Society
|November 21, 2022
Summary
Nigerian state repression fuels Biafra separatism, shifting the Indigenous People of Biafra from non-violence to armed struggle. This strategy intensifies insecurity in the South-East.
Area of Science:
- Political Science
- Sociology
- Security Studies
Background:
- Biafra separatism resurgence linked to perceived ethno-national superordinacy and state-building challenges in Nigeria.
- The rise in ethnic nationalism and separatist agitations is not solely due to democratic expansion since 1999.
Purpose of the Study:
- To analyze the impact of persistent state repression on the neo-Biafra separatist movement.
- To investigate the shift in the Indigenous People of Biafra's strategy from non-violent to armed activism.
Main Methods:
- Analysis of secondary data on Biafra separatism and state repression in Nigeria.
- Application of the theory of state repression.
Main Results:
- State repression, including harassment, arrests, and killings, has intensified insecurity in Nigeria's South-East.
- The Nigerian state's repressive tactics have contributed to the mutation of the Indigenous People of Biafra's strategy.
Conclusions:
- The repressive disposition of the Nigerian state is a primary driver of the current armed phase of Biafra separatism.
- The kinetic approach by the state against agitators paradoxically stimulates further insecurity in the region.
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