Qualitative study on military and internal security operation in Nigeria: 2013-2023

The study examines military and internal security operation in Nigeria: 2013-2023. The study employed an exploratory approach and gathered data from secondary sources such as the Google and Google Scholar search engines, media, and academic and research groups that have conducted research on the subject. The study findings revealed that rural banditry, farmer and herders’ conflicts, Boko-Haram, and succession of Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) were major internal security in Nigeria. Also, excessive use of force, arbitrary arrest, degrading treatment of citizens and extra judicial killings were the military mode of operation during internal security. The study findings also revealed that training, orientation, strategy and tactics, and equipment were the major challenges of the military during internal security operation. The study concludes that the military is generally abusive and engaged in numerous predatory activities that violate the human rights of the populace and further their sense of insecurity. Despite that, the military's acceptance as the most powerful organ of the state with the superior coercive force to suppress the threats and violence posed by armed groups. The study recommended among others that there is a need for an improvement in military control as regard to human rights abuses by engaging the National Human Rights Commission to handles or comparable tasks as, an independent military investigator who is focused on military abuse problems would be more helpful.