“It’s a fight to finish; it’s either us or them”: shifting trust from Civilian Joint Task Force and embracing self-defence in counter-terrorism in northeast, Nigeria
“It’s a fight to finish; it’s either us or them”: shifting trust from Civilian Joint Task Force and embracing self-defence in counter-terrorism in northeast, Nigeria
Mark P. Jatau Michael I. Ugwueze a Department of Political Science and International Relations, Covenant University, Ota, Nigeriab Department of Political Science, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, NigeriaMark P. Jatau holds master’s degree in Policy and Strategic studies from Covenant University, Ota, Nigeria. His study interests are on conflict studies and asymmetric warfare. He is currently researching on the use of IEDs by Non-State Actors in NigeriaMichael I. Ugwueze is an Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science, University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN), a Fellow Taiwan Foundation for Democracy (2025) and Taiwan Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) Fellow and Visiting Scholar, Taiwan Center for Security Studies, National Chengchi University, Taiwan (March–December, 2024). He is a member of Conflict Research Network (CORN) West Africa, Nigerian Young Academy (NYA) and Nigerian Political Science Association (NPSA). Dr Ugwueze’s research interests are in the areas of counter-terrorism, separatist movement, security, peace and conflict studies, among others.