Abstract
The unsettled and subjective nature of what constitute human rights abuse and extra-judicial killing affords most western nations and international media to misconstrue security-related matters in most developing world. More problematic is how such misconstrued reality on the ground and publicity inform policy decisions of these nation, thereby, undermining military counterinsurgency operations in the North East. In particular, the consistent labelling of most Nigeria’s military counter-insurgency operations in the North East as constituting human rights abuse or extra-judicial killing had denied 50 Nigeria foreign assistance and collaborations against the insurgency. Regrettably, this situation had left the military starved of weapons and equipment which these Western countries refused to sell to Nigeria. Unfortunately, this is yet to receive adequate academic attention. Hence, this paper attempts to examine the strategic effects of continued labeling of the Nigerian Military as human rights violators on Nigeria’s ongoing COIN operations. This paper therefore contends that the real abused in the on-going Nigeria’s counterinsurgency operations are the Nigerian military personnel, the people and the Nigerian state that had had to continually suffer repeated terroristic attacks in the hands of terrorists.
CJLP, C. (2021). International Media Campaign on Human Rights Abuses and Extra-Judicial Killings in the Ongoing Nigerian Military’s Counter-Insurgency: The Victor, the Victim and the Abused. Afribary. Retrieved from https://track.afribary.com/works/3-olawale-rights-abuses-and-extra-judicial-killings-1
CJLP, Carnelian Journal of Law and Politics "International Media Campaign on Human Rights Abuses and Extra-Judicial Killings in the Ongoing Nigerian Military’s Counter-Insurgency: The Victor, the Victim and the Abused" Afribary. Afribary, 05 Jan. 2021, https://track.afribary.com/works/3-olawale-rights-abuses-and-extra-judicial-killings-1. Accessed 19 Nov. 2024.
CJLP, Carnelian Journal of Law and Politics . "International Media Campaign on Human Rights Abuses and Extra-Judicial Killings in the Ongoing Nigerian Military’s Counter-Insurgency: The Victor, the Victim and the Abused". Afribary, Afribary, 05 Jan. 2021. Web. 19 Nov. 2024. < https://track.afribary.com/works/3-olawale-rights-abuses-and-extra-judicial-killings-1 >.
CJLP, Carnelian Journal of Law and Politics . "International Media Campaign on Human Rights Abuses and Extra-Judicial Killings in the Ongoing Nigerian Military’s Counter-Insurgency: The Victor, the Victim and the Abused" Afribary (2021). Accessed November 19, 2024. https://track.afribary.com/works/3-olawale-rights-abuses-and-extra-judicial-killings-1