Nigeria’s Counter-Terrorism Strategy: Constructions of Threat, Response and Identity

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Kodili Henry Chukwuma (Assistant Professor of International Security in the School of Government and International Affairs, Durham University)

Nigeria’s Counter-Terrorism Strategy

Constructions of Threat, Response and Identity

Kodili Henry Chukwuma (Assistant Professor of International Security in the School of Government and International Affairs, Durham University)

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Edinburgh University Press
31 August 2025

African history; National liberation & independence, post-colonialism; Geopolitics; Terrorist attack

This book critically engages with Nigeria's counter-terrorism strategy as a means of identity construction. Drawing on a wealth of archival materials, Kodili Chukwuma analyses how the federal government articulates and justifies its counter-terrorism policy against specific 'terrorist' groups such as Boko Haram in order to construct Nigeria's identity. He argues that the designation of particular terrorist threats as a new form of terrorism in Nigeria

and beyond

enables state counter-terrorism interventions. Revealing the complexities of Nigeria's counter-terrorist strategy, this book sheds new light on critical terrorism and critical security studies in a key postcolonial context.

By: Kodili Henry Chukwuma (Assistant Professor of International Security in the School of Government and International Affairs Durham University)
Imprint: Edinburgh University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
ISBN: 9781399533447
ISBN 10: 1399533444
Pages: 216
Publication Date: 31 August 2025
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Further / Higher Education , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

List of Tables Acknowledgements Introduction: Nigeria’s Counter-Terrorism Strategy 1. Theorising Counter-Terrorism: Social Construction, Identity, and Postcoloniality 2. Researching Counter-Terrorism: State Archives and Discourse Analysis 3. Constructing the Threat of Terrorism: “New terrorism” in Nigeria 4. Constructing the Nigerian Self: Inclusive, Democratic and Progressive 5. Constructing the Terrorist Other: Religious Fundamentalist, Opportunists, and Foreign Terrorists Conclusion: Counter-terrorism and Postcolonialism Appendix Bibliography

Kodili Chukwuma is Assistant Professor in International Security in the School of Government and International Affairs at Durham University