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The Nigerian state has been locked in a brutal hostility with Islamic insurgents in the last five... more The Nigerian state has been locked in a brutal hostility with Islamic insurgents in the last five years. The hostility has resulted in the loss of thousands of lives and and destruction of properties worth millions of naira. It has been a matter of debate within the legal circle, International Human Rights bodies, Social Activists and the Nigerian Government to wit the nature of the conflict. For obvious reasons, the Government has continued to reject the idea that the conflict is a non-international armed conflict as projected by the international bodies, jurists and social activists. This paper is an attempt to critically evaluate the nature of the hostility between the Nigerian state and the Boko Haram insurgents. It is the considered view of the writer, among other things, that the conflict has reached the threshold of non-international armed conflict. It also discovers that the hostility has recorded some grave violations of the jus in bello. In this respect therefore, the paper advocates that the International Humanitarian Law should duly apply in the context of the war.
The Nigerian state has been locked in a brutal hostility with Islamic insurgents in the last five... more The Nigerian state has been locked in a brutal hostility with Islamic insurgents in the last five years. The hostility has resulted in the loss of thousands of lives and and destruction of properties worth millions of naira. It has been a matter of debate within the legal circle, International Human Rights bodies, Social Activists and the Nigerian Government to wit the nature of the conflict. For obvious reasons, the Government has continued to reject the idea that the conflict is a non-international armed conflict as projected by the international bodies, jurists and social activists. This paper is an attempt to critically evaluate the nature of the hostility between the Nigerian state and the Boko Haram insurgents. It is the considered view of the writer, among other things, that the conflict has reached the threshold of non-international armed conflict. It also discovers that the hostility has recorded some grave violations of the jus in bello. In this respect therefore, the paper advocates that the International Humanitarian Law should duly apply in the context of the war.