TERRORISM AND HUMAN DISPLACEMENT: AN IMPACT ASSESSMENT OF ADAMAWA STATE INTERNALLY DISPLACED PERSONS HOSTED IN DURUMI IDP CAMP, ABUJA
TERRORISM AND HUMAN DISPLACEMENT: AN IMPACT ASSESSMENT OF ADAMAWA STATE INTERNALLY DISPLACED PERSONS HOSTED IN DURUMI IDP CAMP, ABUJA

Summary/Abstract: Terrorism has been in existence from time immemorial and has become a global phenomenonthat needed the concerted effort of all countries for the menace to be eradicated. Terrorism hasalso been evident in the African continent, especially in Nigeria where the act of terrorism is atits climax and has led to the heavy displacement of citizens in Nigeria. Despite the terrorismprevention act promulgated by the parliament in 2011, and amended in 2013, the acts of terrorismstill persist in Nigeria. It is against this backdrop that this study examined the impact ofterrorism on the indigenes of Adamawa State, also examined the causes of terrorism, and thestrategies that have been helpful in combating terrorism and the endemic human displacementravaging Adamawa State. This study adopted the hybrid methods, that is, the combination ofboth primary and the secondary source of data collection as interviews and focus group discussion (FGD) are adopted as a tool for data collection, while other data are retrieved from readymadeworks of scholars. This study after the field survey, realized that the terrorism in AdamawaState has had a great negative impact on the citizens of Adamawa State, many indigenes havebeen killed and thousands displaced. The study finds out that the causes of terrorism in AdamawaState are illiteracy and poverty, and that the strategies that have been helpful in containing thecrisis are counter-terrorism and the establishment of IDP camps across the country where IDPsfrom Adamawa State are catered for. This study, therefore, recommends that the government ofNigeria should endeavor to give the basic needs of lives especially education and massive employmentand strategize a way of economically reviving the victims of terror attacks and thosedisplaced in Adamawa State. This study also recommends that the military should be strengthenedby sending them abroad regularly for specialist training, in order for them to be able toeffectively tackle terrorism and tackle the menace of the proliferation of small arms and lightweapons in Nigeria.

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