What is really happening in the Niger Delta Region of Nigeria? Hostage-taking/kidnapping/sea piracy; gas flaring, oil spills; and military checkpoints here and there as if there is any on-going civil war or anarchy; Who is actually fighting who in the Niger Delta region; and who is right or wrong in the present circumstances of violence, oil, hunger, blood and fire? Perhaps the most fact-finding question would be; what are the causes of the spiral of violence in the Niger Delta Region? – Petroleum prospecting and State violence? According to Hillary Benn (2004:1), the United Kingdom ’s Secretary of State for…
By
Famous S. Eseduwo
Political Science Department,
University of Nigeria Nsukka
Being A Paper Presented at the
International Conference on the Nigerian
State, Oil Industry and the Niger Delta
Under the
Sub-Theme: ‘The State and Civil Society’
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