ABSTRACT

Building on the broader literature on vigilantism, communal war and conflict, this paper examines why and how the Civilian Joint Task Force (CJTF) in northeastern Nigeria mobilized into a pro-government militia with the aim of extirpating Boko Haram insurgents, sponsors and supporters from their communities. It provides a rich and diverse empirical evidence and analysis of why and how local youths joined the CJTF, its modus operandi, and the nature of its relationship to the military and local populations. The participation of people from a variety of religious and ethno-linguistic groups in the CJTF’s counterinsurgent vigilantism point to a collective sense of duty that transcends popular narratives of ethnicity and religion as central to the politics of protection in contemporary Nigeria.

摘要

本文以有关警惕性，公共战争和冲突的广泛文献为基础，研究了尼日利亚东北部平民联合特遣部队（CJTF）为何以及如何动员成亲政府民兵，目的是消灭博科圣地叛乱组织，叛乱者和支持者他们的社区。它提供了丰富多样的经验证据，并分析了当地青年为何以及如何加入“联合特遣部队”，其作案手法以及与军队和当地居民的关系性质。来自各种宗教和民族语言群体的人们参加反恐联合委员会的反叛警惕主义，这表明一种集体责任感超越了对民族和宗教的普遍叙述，成为当代尼日利亚保护政治的核心。