Exploring the reasons for perennial attacks on churches in Nigeria

Description

Although there are several provisions within the Nigerian legal framework that addresses the issue of church attack, however, the state’s capacity to implement effective constitutional sanctioning on perpetrators of this heinous crime has always been found wanting or completely absent, leading to countless religious attacks on churches with seeming State consent. This study employs semi-structured interviews to draw data from affected families from Benue and Enugu States, Nigeria. The paper explored their experiences. The study participants were recruited through the snowball sampling technique, and data were analyzed thematically.