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FELICIA OSONDU OKWUEZE (PH.D)

Published in 2018; Volume:ixx No: 2 Article Number: 5

This work uses a country case study of North-Central Nigeria to explore the economic implications of recent trends in the two major forms of banditry in Nigeria, namely, kidnapping and herdsmen attacks on farmers. This is a qualitative research which x-rayed how the changing patterns of these two forms of banditry impact on Nigeria’s economy. Documentary evidences were used as means for generating data. Findings reveal that Nigerian government loses at least $14 billion in potential revenues annually due to the ongoing conflict between farmers and herdsmen across the North-central and South-East and no nation can achieve development when it is under crime siege The work recommends that the herdsmen should be restricted from grazing their cattle outside those approved areas. Again, borrowing from the developed nations, the godfathers and sponsors of these herdsmen should be identified and licensed for proper identification. Provision of adequate security of lives and property for defenseless citizens by the state and creation of conducive environment to boost economic activities, with these measures in place, these crimes will reduce.

kidnapping, herdsmen, criminality, youths, unemployment, development