Abstract:
Insurgency as an affront on political systems across the globe is an aged long phenomenon. In Nigeria, it has on different occasions threatened to tear asunder the fabrics that bind the nation and its people together. The latest in this sequence of unrelenting confrontation with the Nigerian state is the Boko Haram insurgency. The fact that this insurgency has proven herculean to control for the Nigerian state is evidenced in its appeal for international assistance and cooperation that she consequently garnered. Therefore, the study focuses on interrogating the nexus between international military alliance and Boko Haram insurgency. Specifically, the study set out to ascertain if the establishment and operations of Multi-national Joint Task Force (MNJTF) undermined Boko Haram insurgency and also determine whether the provision of logistical support by western nations resulted in the effective implementation of counter-terrorism strategies by MNJTF against Boko Haram insurgency. The study adopts documentary method of data collection, qualitative method of data analysis and ex-post facto research design. The study anchors on the functionalist theory of international relations. It also notes that the establishment and operations of MNJTF has not checkmated Boko Haram insurgency because the sect still carry out its belligerent attacks within and along Nigerian, Chadian, Nigerien and Cameroonian borders. The study recommends among others, that greater coordination and understanding among MNJTF countries in order to achieve the purpose of the alliance and those other western countries should also provide the much needed logistics and support in quelling the insurgency.
