Ethnicity and Religion as the Breeding Grounds for Insecurity in Nigeria

Abstract

Nigeria is a country that is constantly afflicted with the problems of ethnic and religious tensions and bickering. These two variables are, ethnicity and religion, midwives, the problems of ethnic nationalism, sectionalism, and religious pluralization,nd all these inadequacies contributed to the steady epileptic political instabilities that usually occur as fearful experiences in Nigeria. Thus, the presence of ethnicity and religion in Nigeria contributes to different forms of insecurity in Nigeria, namely kidnappings, conflicts, destruction of public properties, the killing of innocent people, and the institutionalisation of many forms of criminalities. The paper tries to investigate the causes of a dependable solution to it. Then, to execute the task of writing this paper the researchers adopted the descriptive research design and phenomenological approach. Information for the research was stimulated via subordinate and foremost sources. The research uncovered that ethnic jingoism and religious bias endure in the country because it is contemplated that some political figures use ethnicity and religion to cause flux in Nigeria.