The Militarisation of the Indigenous Peoples in the Niger Delta Region by the Nigerian Government; from a Constructivist Grounded Theory to Actionable-Based Policy Recommendations Geared Towards the Legal Protection of the Region's Indigenous Peoples

Bazunu, Angela Ighosotu (2017) The Militarisation of the Indigenous Peoples in the Niger Delta Region by the Nigerian Government; from a Constructivist Grounded Theory to Actionable-Based Policy Recommendations Geared Towards the Legal Protection of the Region's Indigenous Peoples. Doctoral thesis, The University of Buckingham.

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Abstract

This research thesis, from the Niger Delta indigenous peoples' accounts and experiences, explores the social and legal factors that have motivated the Nigerian government's decision to militarise the Niger Delta region. The premise of this thesis stands on empirical work, which saw data gathered from interviews; these data were analysed using Charmaz's constructivist grounded theory methodology. Data were also gathered from documents to support the interviews codes; they were in the form of official documents derived from the State and indigenous organisations, and documents from mass-media outputs, all of which were also analysed using Charmaz's constructivist grounded theory methodology. The analyses of all data gathered led to the presentation of a unified theory detailing the social and legal motivations of the Nigerian government's decision to militarise the Niger Delta region. This theory prompted the proposal of actionable-based policy recommendations geared towards the legal protection of the indigenous peoples living in Nigeria's Niger Delta region. This research thesis makes two original contributions to knowledge; first is the methodological choice which saw the use of grounded theory methodology within a transformative framework; second is the provision of a theoretical explanation of indigenous struggles in the Niger Delta region, coupled with policy recommendations, solidly based on indigenous contributions and accounts which reflects the connection between social actions and the laws in Nigeria.

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