Global War On Terror Assessment Of State Responses To Terrorism And Insurgency In Nigeria

CHAPTER ONEINTRODUCTION1.1 Background of the StudyA fundamental responsibility of the state is the security of the life and property of its citizens. Others include the protection of its territoriality and sovereignty and the guarantying of its socio-economic and political stability. However, since the mid-twentieth century, this protective function of the state, its sovereignty and territoriality, as well as the economy have been under threat due to the upsurge in militant Islamism and globalisation of terrorism. This threat has been propelled by the emergence and rise of “Violent Non-State A…