BOKO-HARAMIZATION OF POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS IN NIGERIA: EXAMINING THE ROLE OF RELIGION IN THE FIGHT AGAINST TERRORISTS IN LEADERSHIP AND GOVERNANCE

Abstract

The contemporary Nigerian state is replete with leaders that are engrossed in theft of the national treasury for personal aggrandizement. These indices of maladministration adventure that found expression in fiscal banditry have been the highest stage of terrorism that any nation can experience. Hence this study specifically studied the activities of these leaders and equated them with terrorists, thus the coinage; Boko-Haramization. The study discovered that the Nigeria leadership has over the years embezzled monetary allocations for the purchase of arms to fight terrorism, she has also misappropriated funds for the building of infrastructures and investment in education, agriculture and other developmental projects that are necessary to create decent society. These have affected the country in a number of negative ways. Hence, religion has the singular duty to serve not only as a moral compass but also as a pressure group to call the Nigeria leadership to account. This is in the hope that it will help in addressing the menace that is already a great challenge to the Nigerian society.