Received: 2022-08-10  |  Accepted: 2022-10-23  |  Published: 2022-12-30

Title

Toward querying the national peril of kidnapping in Nigeria


Abstract

In Nigeria, the dynamics of kidnapping is framed in complexities. There are different types of kidnapping going on within the country ranging from resource-based kidnapping to political kidnapping and terrorist-based kidnapping (Agbaje, 2020; Onduku, 2011). While some are based on agitations for political and economic recognition, others are based on the need for compulsory recruitment by insurgents and terrorists. Existing gaps in the literature are demanding urgent attention from researchers and policymakers. This paper focuses on the need to look into the recent sporadic kidnappings in contemporary Nigeria to project sustainable solutions for them. This paper relies solely on secondary sources of data for its analysis. The paper concludes that a viable solution to the kidnapping problem in Nigeria depends mainly on full recognition of all forms of kidnapping in the country while strategically addressing them.


Keywords

kidnapping, peace, security, Nigeria


JEL classifications

F52


URI

http://jssidoi.org/ird/article/120


DOI


Pages

155-165


Funding


This is an open access issue and all published articles are licensed under a
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Authors

Agbaje, Funmilayo Idowu
University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria https://www.ui.edu.ng
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Journal title

Insights into Regional Development

Volume

4


Number

4


Issue date

December 2022


Issue DOI


ISSN

ISSN 2345-0282 (online)


Publisher

VšĮ Entrepreneurship and Sustainability Center, Vilnius, Lithuania

Cited

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