The political lives of ex-militant leaders in Nigeria’s Niger Delta

IF 1.1 Q3 INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS Conflict Security & Development Pub Date : 2023-05-04 DOI:10.1080/14678802.2023.2226092
T. M. Ebiede, A. Langer
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ABSTRACT This article analyzes the post-amnesty politics in Nigeria’s Niger Delta region. We argue that ex-militant leaders have risen to become influential political and economic actors since the implementation of the Post Amnesty Programme (PAP) for armed groups in the Niger Delta. Our argument suggests that the rise of ex-militant leaders as ‘new big men’ in the Niger Delta is a direct – yet unintended – outcome of the design and implementation of the PAP. We explain how ex-militant leaders were co-opted economically through the award of lucrative security contracts. Our findings show that ex-militants gained more power in their communities as they were given control over the access to the PAP programme. Ex-militant leaders subsequently used their positions of economic influence and power to become and remain influential political actors as well, thereby fundamentally changing politics at the community as well as state-level in the Niger Delta Region. This article also seeks to build on theories of neopatrimonialism, especially how patronage politics manifest in the context of peacebuilding in societies emerging from armed conflicts.
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尼日利亚尼日尔三角洲前武装分子领导人的政治生活
本文分析了尼日利亚尼日尔三角洲地区大赦后的政治。我们认为,自从对尼日尔三角洲武装团体实施大赦后方案以来,前军事领导人已上升为有影响力的政治和经济行动者。我们的论点表明,在尼日尔三角洲,前军事领导人作为“新大人物”的崛起是人民行动党设计和实施的一个直接的——但并非有意的——结果。我们解释了前激进分子领导人是如何通过授予利润丰厚的安全合同在经济上被拉拢的。我们的研究结果表明,前武装分子在他们的社区中获得了更多的权力,因为他们被赋予了进入PAP计划的控制权。前武装分子领导人随后利用其经济影响力和权力地位,成为并保持有影响力的政治行动者,从而从根本上改变了尼日尔三角洲地区社区和州一级的政治。本文还试图建立在新世袭主义理论的基础上,特别是在武装冲突后社会建设和平的背景下,庇护政治是如何表现出来的。
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