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Dr. Seun Bamidele has devoted over ten years of his career to the fields of conflict, security, and development studies, with a specialized focus on local security, insurgency, counterinsurgency, and community security. His academic and professional journey integrates research, policy-making, and university teaching, allowing him to develop a nuanced understanding of the social structures and processes contributing to vulnerability in conflict zones. His expertise is particularly centered on West Africa, with a primary focus on Nigeria.Dr. Bamidele holds two PhDs: one in Peace and Security Studies from the Institute of Peace, Security, and Governance at Ekiti State University, and another in Development Studies from the University of Pretoria, South Africa. He has consulted for various international organizations, including the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). Currently, he serves as a lecturer and researcher at the Department of Peace and Conflict Studies, Federal University Oye-Ekiti, Nigeria.His research interests center on the potential of local insurgency-related peace groups, particularly the Civilian Joint Task Force (CJTF) in Nigeria, and their collaboration with government military forces. Dr. Bamidele applies David Galula's insurgency-related peace theory to analyze unconventional peace strategies and military-civilian cooperation. His work has been published in numerous peer-reviewed journals, including the 'Journal of Asian and African Studies, ' 'Development Studies Review, ' and 'African Conflict and Peacebuilding Review.'Dr. Seun Bamidele was born in Oyo State, Nigeria, and his upbringing in the country deeply informs his analytical perspective. His research has been further enriched by fieldwork during his post-doctoral research funded by the Gerda Henkel Stiftung in Germany.
Postcolonial instability in Africa has produced a wealth of literature on peace and conflict, including Boko Haram, a notorious insurgency group in northeastern Nigeria. However, we rarely find a book devoted to counter-insurgency peacekeeping by an irregular civilian movement that was untrained for warfare. Dr Bamidele's book is unique for empirically examining how the militarisation of the Civilian Joint Task Force contributes to peacekeeping in Nigeria's Borno State. It presents a nuanced analysis of counter-insurgency from below, which illuminates thorny issues in civilian-military alliances, such as funding, liaison, and human rights violations. The policy insights in the book provide a platform for integrating informal counter-insurgency groups into the State's security architecture. In this alone, Dr Bamidele fills a critical gap in peace and conflict literature in sub-Saharan Africa. Professor Dr. Anthony C. Diala Law Faculty University of the Western Cape, South Africa After reading Seun Bamidele's ""Guardians of Peace: Civilian Joint Task Force in Countering Boko Haram in Borno State, Nigeria,"" it became quite evident to me that he has achieved in unearthing what linguists refer to as the ""inevitable anomalies of So-Seem-Said."" In this case, the economic, political, religious and social institutions in Nigeria are thoroughly broached apropos thought and reality. The ""So-Seem-Said"" triad in the book entails (1) how Nigeria's economic, political, religious and social institutions exist interdependently; (2) how the institutions appear to the various groups in the country, regardless of their autonomy; and (3) how we must talk about the institutions, no matter what or whether we think about them or how they really exist. Prof. Dr. Abdul Karim Bangura American University's Center for Global Peace, Washington DC
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