RURAL BANDITRY AND CONFLICTS IN NORTHERN NIGERIA CENTRE FOR DEMOCRACY AND DEVELOPMENT EDITED BY: PROF. MOHAMMED J. KUNA & DR. JIBRIN IBRAHIM CENTRE FOR DEMOCRACY AND DEVELOPMENT 1 This Publication was made possible by the following: Centre for Democracy and Development, Pastoral Resolve(PARE) and Nigeria Stability and Reconciliation Programme (NSRP) 2 A Publication of : Centre of Democracy and Development CITECT Estate Abuja E-mail:
[email protected] First Published in Nigeria by CDD, 2016 ISBN: 978-978-952-168-5. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmied in any form or means, electronic. mechanical, photocopy, recording or otherwise, without prior wrien permission of CDD 3 Table of Contents FOREWORD 5 PREFACE 7 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT 10 NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS 11 THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF RURAL BANDITRY IN CONTEMPORARY NIGERIA 13 CHANGING METHODS OF ANIMAL HUSBANDRY, CATTLE RUSTLING AND RURAL BANDITRY IN NIGERIA 69 THE EFFECT OF ARMED BANDITRY ON RURAL WOMEN'S LIVELIHOOD AND SECURITY: CASE STUDY OF KADUNA & PLATEAU STATES, NIGERIA 111 SOCIAL IMPACT OF RURAL BANDITRY 167 THE STATE OF GRAZING RESERVES AND THEIR POTENTIAL CAPACITY TO ABSORB PASTORALISTS 189 HERDERS' AND FARMERS' ASSOCIATIONS AND SOCIAL CONFLICTS IN NORTHERN NIGERIA 217 RURAL BANDITRY AND HATE SPEECH IN NORTHERN NIGERIA: FERTILE GROUND FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF DANGEROUS NARRATIVES IN THE MEDIA 257 4 Table of Contents RURAL BANDITRY AND SOCIAL CONFLICTS IN PLATEAU STATE 319 RURAL BANDITRY AND CONFLICTS IN KADUNA STATE, NORTHERN NIGERIA 353 PASTORAL TRANSHUMANCE AND DYNAMICS OF SOCIAL CONFLICT IN NASARAWA STATE, NORTH-CENTRAL NIGERIA 389 5 Foreword This book arose from the concerns of a group of Nigerian civil society activists, academics, development practitioners, politicians and policy makers on the frequent incidence and ravaging impact of violence in rural communities in Northern Nigeria.