SOCIO-ECONOMIC IMPLICATIONS OF BOKO HARAM INSURGENCY IN MADAGALI LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF ADAMAWA STATE

Abstract

In the aftermath of the 11th-September 2001 terrorist attack in the United States (US), terrorism has increasingly become a new dimension of warfare and a security issue, globally and in Africa. The incessant bombings and gun attacks in Madagali Local Government Area of Adamawa State by the Boko Haram fundamentalists have become a recurring and disturbing decimal in Nigeria’s security environment. Madagali Local Government Area of Adamawa State seems to be a hotbed of insurgent activities. Despite all the security measures undertaken by the country since the inception of the sect, violent attacks have escalated in terms of both frequency and intensity in Madagali LGA of Adamawa State. This paper attempts a critical analysis of the socio-economic implications of Boko Haram insurgency in Madagali Local Government Area of Adamawa State. Given the seemingly irreducible place of Boko Haram activities in Madagali Local Government Area, this paper argues and concludes that, there are negative socio-economic implications of Boko Haram insurgency in Madagali LGA. This owed to the fact that many people become homeless, helpless, their farm products have been destroyed, and the insurgency slows down business activities in the local government.