THE IMPACT OF EXTRAJUDICIAL KILLING ON NIGERIA INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION

Abstract

The impact of extrajudicial killing on Nigeria international cooperation is one of the contested issues in studies focusing on Nigeria and the rest of the world. Several theoretical and empirical studies have focused on the issue but none of them have examined or assessed the subject matter within the context of Nigeria global image. This study was designed to assess the impact of extrajudicial killing on Nigeria international cooperation. It made use of case study research design and content analysis in the collection of its data analysis. It deployed the criminal justice perspective to explain how extrajudicial killing impact international cooperation. It finds that internal conflict, regime type and weak political and social institutions are some of the fundamental causes of extrajudicial killing. That Nigeria in several instances committed extrajudicial killing that put a dent on its global image. It recommends the strengthening of Nigeria and international legal framework in tackling the scourge of extrajudicial killing so as to hold security agents, state and non-state actors who are guilty of extrajudicial killing accountable.