Tackling Terrorism in Nigeria: Role of UK Government

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Introduction- UK face significant amount of threat from the terrorism and extremism.
The present levels of threat for United Kingdom is severe and it means that the terrorism attack
is highly likely in United Kingdom. Due to this the Strategic Defence and Security Review 2015
has focussed highly on the Terrorism. Thus, it is important to note that UK is a leading architect
in to the current system of relations and institutions. UK has considerably helped the foreign
governments to govern the usage of the force so that conflicts can be prevented. This will also
promote and support freedom of navigation, fair and international trade, good governance, and
advance human rights, prevent conflict. The multilateral institutions enforce and sets and
standard and rules of behaviour (Baylis, Wirtz and Gray, 2015). This will be helping capacity
building programs and deliver assistance across the wide range of areas that are vital and
essential for the interests of United Kingdom. In this study The Strategic Defence and Security
Review for the year 2015 will be used to see how United Kingdom plays a major role in tackling
with terrorism in Nigeria and how it will lead to the development of Nigeria as a prosperous
nation.
Current scenario of terrorism in Nigeria- A little known Islamic group called the Boko
haram was founded in the year 2002. The group was founded by Mohammed Yusuf and the
name of the group translate that western education is forbidden. In the year 2009, the
government forces killed the Mohammed Yusuf, who instilled the group with the extremist
ideology and wanted to instil the idea into the society and minds of the people that Boko Haram
is the new way of thinking. Moreover, after a decade of violence the Nigerian Government is still
not able to breakdown the entire group and the Nigerian Government lacked an effective
strategy. The terrorist organization preyed on to the disillusioned Muslims located in the north
and they were fed up of the lows economic opportunities and corruption (Oviasogie, 2013).

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Thus, it is important to highlight that increasing the number of the security forces only
militarizes the problem. Moreover, it is also an important fact that the international support will
increase the local support against the anti- west terrorist group. Therefore, guns alone are
incapable of handling the root cause of the problems and the growth of extremism in the country
like the corruption and unemployment. The geographical area of Nigeria is divided and northern
portion of the country is entirely resided by Muslim population. Abuja is the centre of the attack
and has always bene the centre point of attack. The Boko Haram group originated in the north-
eastern region of the country and it has rejected everything that has western roots (Amusan &
Oyewole, 2014). Boko Haram increased in ranks and it increased the wealth gap. While it is also
important to mention that the Northern region’s 72 percent of the population lives under the
poverty line in comparison to just 27 percent of the people in South. The political objective of
Boko Haram is to create a nation consisting of 12 Northern States of Nigeria and subsequently it
will spread to the other parts of the country. Boko Haram has the inception that is Nigeria is
governed by non-believers and it has persistently targeted the government even when it is being
governed by a Muslim President. Boko Haram was able to capitalize on to the wide spread
poverty in Nigeria. However, it is important to note that the lack of economic opportunities is not
the only social ill in Nigeria. The international community can provide its assistance to the
Nigeria by providing the aid that will be increasing the economic opportunities in Nigeria by
providing economic opportunities in Nigeria. It is important to highlight that the Nigeria is
currently facing serious threats and challenges and the solutions are scarce (Adegbulu, 2013).
The local domestic terrorist group has the potential to transform into a something big in scale and
more dangerous. It can be speculated that Boko Haram can make bonds with the extremist
movements like the al- Qaida. This, group can merge together to form a new terror network in