(2011) Babatunde Oriola, Temitope; Haggerty, Kevin; University of Alberta Department of Sociology
This data provides insights into how the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) seeks to frame insurgency as a form of protest. Impression management pervades kidnapping episodes. While insurgent commanders have succeeded in inventing an alternative political structure for accessing the conventional structures of society, the major concern of the Nigerian state is to provide an atmosphere that is sufficiently safe for oil extraction. For others, kidnapping is a dangerous but innovative means of livelihood in a perpetually depressed economy. While the insurgency generates harms for the oil-producing communities, it also creates benefits for some participants.
