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Monday, 3 July 2017

Proliferation of Vigilantes: Nigeria’s Next Security Problem?

Nigerian Vigilantes - Credit: pressherald.com

In 2013, thousands of young men formed a rag-tag militia and rounded up Boko Haram members in Maiduguri, northeast Nigeria, then handed them over to the military.