Browsing by Author "Musa, Emmanuel Umaru"

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    Combating Armed Banditry in Southern Kaduna, Nigeria: An Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Security Agencies
    (Department of Sociology, Nasarawa State University Keffi, 2021-06-02) Musa, Emmanuel Umaru; Yahaya, Sabo Sarkin Noma
    The research is on combating armed banditry in Southern Kaduna, Nigeria: Evaluating the effectiveness of the Security agencies. A sample of 89 respondents drawn from the five local government areas of southern Kaduna mostly affected by armed banditry was used for the study. The questionnaire was used as a major instrument for the collection of primary data from respondents; in-depth interviews were also conducted to stimulate further information from respondents. Secondary data was sourced from books, journals, newspapers, and online peerreviewed presentations. The routine activity theory was adopted to explain armed banditry in Kaduna State Findings suggested that banditry is on the increase as attacks are weekly and daily, the absence of security agencies in most communities and lack of more sophisticated weapons were responsible for lack of arrests anc stoppage of banditry in the Southern Kaduna region of Kaduna State. The study recommends that governmen should be more committed through the provision of superior firearms and ammunition to security agencies anc increase the number of security forces deployed in the affected communities to combat the phenomenor successfully.
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    COVID-19 AND FACTORS INFLUENCING NON ADHERENCE TO PROTOCOLS AGAINST INFECTION IN SABON-WUSE, NIGER STATE, NIGERIA
    (Department of Sociology, Nasarawa State University Keffi, 2021-11-11) Musa, Emmanuel Umaru; Yahaya, Sabo Sarkin Noma; Nalong, Henry Yale
    A sample of sixty (6()J respondents residing in Sabon-wuse was drawn cutting across all strata of the population of twelve thousand f 12.000). The questionnaire and in-depth interviews were used as major instruments for gathering primary data from the respondents while secondary data were sourced from journals, hooks, reports, articles, speeches, and online documents. 1 he World System and Dependency Theories were used to explain COV ID-19 in Subon-wuse. Findings suggest that the lockdown, social distancing, hand-washing, and wearing of masks measures introduced by the government to curb the rising trends of COVID-19 negates the Socio-cultural. financial, and religious stand of the people. This also affected their daily means of livelihood their need for congregational prayers, and their spiritual obligations in groups'. Ceremonies like burials, marriages, naming, amongst others. It also contradicts the practice of solidarity with cultural ceremonies. The study recommends that government should create more awareness on the dangers the virus causes and the need for citizens to break this cultural belief with concrete evidence of images of the people infected by the virus to further convince the respondents that it is not coloured with the money-making venture.
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    CRIMINAL ARMED MARAUDERS AND TILE CHALLENGE OF NATIONAL INSECURITY-ZANGO-KATAF, KACHIA AND KAURA LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREAS OF KADUNA STATE NIGERIA IN FOCUS
    (Department of Sociology, Nasarawa State University Keffi, 2021-05-05) Musa, Emmanuel Umaru; Yahaya, Sabo Sarkin Noma
    The research is on criminal armed marauders and the challenge of national security in Nigeria - Zangokataf Kachia, and Kaura Local government Areas of Kaduna State in focus. A sample of 89 respondents drawn from the three local government areas affected by the activities of criminal armed marauders was used for the study. The questionnaire was used as a major instrument for the collection of primary data from respondents; in-depth interviews were conducted to stimulate further information from respondents. Secondary data was sourced from books, journals, newspapers, and online peer-reviewed presentations. The routine activity theory was adopted to explain criminal armed marauding activities in Kaduna Stale. Findings suggested that criminal armed marauding activities are on the increase as attacks are now weekly and daily, methods of attacks included killings, kidnappings, and burning of farmlands and houses amongst others, with dangerous weapons including guns, mcitchets, and arrows, while the consequences of the attacks were deaths, hospitalizations, loss of farmlands and loss of cattle amongst others were identified.. The study recommends that government should stop playing politics with banditry and be more committed through the provision of superior forearms and ammunition to security agencies and increase the number of security forces deployed in the affected communities to combat the phenomenon successfully
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    ROLE OF THE NIGERIAN POLICE IN COMBATING ARMED BANDITARY IN NIGER STATE
    (Department of Sociology, Nasarawa State University Keffi, 2021-09-09) Musa, Emmanuel Umaru; Yahaya, Sabo Sarkin Noma; Bilyaminu, Muhammed S.
    This research is on the role of the Nigerian Police in combating armed banditry in Niger State. A sample of 90 respondents, drawn from the three local government areas affected by banditry was used for the study. Questionnaires were used as instruments for data collection. In-depth interviews were also conducted to stimulate further information from respondents. Secondary data was sourced from books, journals, newspapers and on-line peer reviewed presentations. The routine activity theory was adopted to explain banditry in Niger State. Findings suggest that banditry is on the increase as attacks occur weekly and daily. The absence of police posts, offices of other security agencies and near absence of sufficient security personnel on constant patrol were responsible for lack of arrests and stoppage of banditiy in Niger State. The study recommends that government of Niger State should be more committed through the provision of superior forearms and ammunition to Nigerian Police and increase the number of Police Officers and their operatives deployed in the affected communities to combat the phenomenon successfu y.