An Evaluation of Cross Border Crimes and External Relations Trajectories Since 1999
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Cross-Border Crimes, External Relations, National Security, NigeriaAbstract
This article aims to examine the causes, nature and dynamics of cross-border threats in Nigeria. Cross-border crimes constitute a number of illicit and ill-famed activities perpetrated by individuals and groups across national and international borders, either for financial and economic gains, or for socio-political cum religious attention and benefits. Consequently, these illegal activities tend to have adverse effects on the security of the region and nations where such activities are easily and freely perpetrated, of which the West African sub-region and the nation of Nigeria appear to be good examples and victims of this security menace. The research methodology of this research is centred on both a qualitative analysis/review of relevant secondary literatures and a quantitative analysis of generated data using the questionnaire design research instrument. The data collated from the survey were analysed descriptively using frequencies and percentage. The findings gathered from the quantitative survey on the causes of cross-border crime in Nigeria, and the impact of cross-border crime on Nigeria’s external relations indicated that, the issue of cross-border crime could be attributed to so many factors including: greed/ desire for financial gain, unemployment/poverty rate, economic deprivation, porosity of the national borders, bad governance/corruption, among others.
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