IGBO TRADITIONAL RELIGIOUS VALUES: A PANACEA TO SUSTAINABLE SECURITY IN NIGERIA

This paper focuses on Igbo traditional religious values as a panacea to the security challenges in Nigeria. Since the Maitatsine riots of 1980 to the present activities of Boko Haram, Nigeria has witnessed conflicts and riots which have claimed many lives and property destroyed. Successive Nigerian government has spent huge sums of money to introduce many security measure to deal with insecurity in the nation which is yet to yield the desired dividend. The researchers wish to introduce the Igbo traditional religious value as a solution to the insecurity problem in the country. In achieving this, this paper uses secondary and internet sources.