Olu-Owolabi, F. E (2014) Kidnapping and Security Challenge in Nigeria: Perceived Causes and Solutions. University for Peace or the United Nations., 1 (2). pp. 133-141. ISSN 2311 -4959
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Abstract
In recent years, the future of Nigerian society has become a pressing concern as security issues apparently dominate government action and more and more nation states are coming under pressure from their own citizens. Some political analysts have diagnosed it as crisis of representative democracy and argued for a stronger role for civil society, to proffer solutions to the challenges confronting what some scholars has classified as challenges of failing democratic state, 1 among which is the challenge of kidnapping. There is a pervasive security challenge in most developing countries especially Nigeria, and that the police are obviously incapable of arresting the situation. This is evidence, among others, by the incessant inauguration, formulation and launching of new security outfit comprising of police and soldiers. This has become the face of most security outfit in Nigeria like other developing countries. This joint task force is branded differently by different state and even local government such as the Swift Action Squard (SAS) in Osun State, Rapid Response ' Squard in Lagos, to mention but few.
| Item Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General) J Political Science > JA Political science (General) |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Law, Arts and Social Sciences > School of Humanities Faculty of Law, Arts and Social Sciences > School of Social Sciences |
| Depositing User: | Mrs Patricia Nwokealisi |
| Date Deposited: | 26 Oct 2018 14:38 |
| Last Modified: | 26 Oct 2018 14:38 |
| URI: | http://eprints.covenantuniversity.edu.ng/id/eprint/12038 |
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