Complicity of Boko Haram Resilience and Threat to Security and Good Governance in Nigeria

Boko Haram insurgence has become a contemporary fashionable topic of research as well as an international issue. This study traced the emergence of the sect, its principles and causes of its destructive style of operation. The paper further examined the complicity behind the resilience of Boko Haram operations, challenges of Boko Haram to good governance and efforts of the Nigerian security agencies in tackling the menace of the sect. The study relied on information from textbooks, journals, newspapers and internet. The study revealed that the sect frowns on western civilization but not western education and that its targets are generally those perceived as enemies of Shari’ah legal system. The study therefore recommended collaborative efforts among all stakeholders, that is, the government, the security agents, the civil society, local vigilante and individuals to checkmate Boko Haram insurgence.