The Military and Internal Security Operations in Nigeria's Fourth Republic

Abstract

The deployment of the military for internal security operations in (post) conflict communities comes with its own peculiar challenges which are often locale-specific, as in the case of victims of alleged military excess in the Maiduguri metropolis in northeastern Nigeria. This article posits that, given accusations of human rights abuses and extra-judicial killings levelled against members of the military force by civilians as the military strives to enforce its mandate of the "Right to Protect" in the city, the type of peace resulting from prolonged military occupation in Maiduguri constitutes negative peace or a "victor's peace"...