Frustration–Aggression Nexus in Framing the Expanding Banditry Economy in Northwest Nigeria : Evidence From Communal-Level Perception in Zamfara State, 2011–2024

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Obi, Kelechukwu Charles ; Iwuoha, Victor ; Aniche, Ernest Toochi ; Asogwa, Kenneth Chinedu:
Frustration–Aggression Nexus in Framing the Expanding Banditry Economy in Northwest Nigeria : Evidence From Communal-Level Perception in Zamfara State, 2011–2024.
In: Journal of Asian and African Studies. Vol. 60 (2025) Issue 7 . - pp. 4188-4202.
ISSN 1745-2538
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/00219096241249976

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Recent studies on armed banditry in Zamfara have commented on climate change, weak security infrastructure, and setbacks in socio-economic developments. The communal-level issues in the threat such as farmland allocation, vigilantism, and local intelligence provision have largely remained understudied. This study exploits the gap to explain armed banditry. A mixed method of data collection and qualitative descriptive method of data analysis were adopted. Using frustration?aggression analysis as explanatory tool, the paper concludes that wholesale farmland transaction, rudimentary communal vigilantism, and bandits? concealed alliance formation with some traditional leaders for intelligence and benefits sharing are key factors that aided banditry. Tackling these three basic communal-level banditry nuances requires absolute political will to re-assess and implement the extant policies on grazing reserves and pastoralist mobility.

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Item Type:	Article in a journal
Refereed:	Yes
Institutions of the University:	Faculties > Faculty of Biology, Chemistry and Earth Sciences > Department of Earth Sciences > Professor Political Geography Faculties > Faculty of Biology, Chemistry and Earth Sciences > Department of Earth Sciences > Professor Political Geography > Professor Political Geography - Univ.-Prof. Dr. Martin Doevenspeck
Result of work at the UBT:	Yes
DDC Subjects:	300 Social sciences > 300 Social sciences, sociology and anthropology 900 History and geography > 910 Geography, travel
Date Deposited:	06 Feb 2026 10:56
Last Modified:	06 Feb 2026 10:56
URI:	https://eref.uni-bayreuth.de/id/eprint/96015