Securing Peace in the Indigene-Settler Crisis of Jos, Nigeria

Abstract

The frequency and brutish nature of violent conflicts especially those rooted in contestations over autochthony and land in many post-colonial African nation-states have exposed the limited capability of the Police to contain such crises; thereby necessitating the deployment of the military to such conflict-ridden communities. Sequel to the inability of the Police to contain communal conflicts that have threatened peace and security since the inception of its fourth-republic in Plateau State...