A new name for an old practice: vigilantes in South-Western Nigeria.(Case study)

From: Africa | Date: January 1, 2008| Author: Fourchard, Laurent | Copyright information

ABSTRACT

It is often considered probable that the recent rise of vigilante groups in Nigeria means an erosion of the state monopoly of legitimate violence as well as a marked decline in state sovereignty over the national territory. However, this conclusion does not take into consideration the fact that in Nigeria 'vigilante' is a term initially proposed by the police in the mid-1980s as a substitute for an older practice known in the western part of the country since th...

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