Thirteenth Global Studies Conference

Abstract

Many areas in Africa have gone through a lot of violent conflict in recent. Nigeria and many other Africa countries have several similarities that stem from grand corruption. The vast systemic grand corruption is evidenced by the use of state violence, including massacres, other human rights violations, structural violence, the repression of the media, the repression of minorities, controversial land acquisitions, and the collusion of organized crime and the state, leading to state capture. The high levels of impunity, weak structures, and weak judicial systems have contributed to the continuation of systemic corruption and state violence. The paper explores the causal link between corruption, state capture, and state terror. It also explores the role of weak institutions, structural violence, and other factors that play an important role in since the military passed the Nigerian government to civilians in 1999.