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Vigilante groups & militias in southern Nigeria : the greatest trick the devil played was convincing Nigerians he could protect them / Vanda Felbab-Brown

This report analyses the landscape of anti-crime militias and vigilante forces in Nigeria's south over the past 20 years. It focuses on two vigilante groups, tracing their evolution and the anti-crime, security, and political impacts, before providing policy recommendations. The report explains the context of vigilante and anti-crime militia group formation in Nigeria, including the struggles, challenges, and deficiencies of the Nigeria Federal Police. It discusses the evolution of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), its own role in criminality, and the anti-SARS protests. It also provides …

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Source	UN Digital Library
Collection	International records
Kind	Document
Publisher	UN University,
Date	2021
Type	Documents and Publications / Reports
Details	UN Digital Library
Found at	https://digitallibrary.un.org/record/4077025
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Record ID	`un-digital-library:4077025`

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Vigilante groups & militias in southern Nigeria : the greatest trick the devil played was convincing Nigerians he could protect them / Vanda Felbab-Brown. UN Digital Library, 2021. Vero Archive, record un-digital-library:4077025.