STRATEGY FOR DEFEATING TERRORISM IN NIGERIA AND THE SAHEL

The purpose of this paper is to provide a counter-ideology framework as an alternative strategy defeat terrorists, military force has never been proven enough any terrorist group. analysis relies on secondary information for systematic examination and descriptive resulting in the use Counter Terrorism Strategy (CTS) model evaluate key assumption that acts recruits are connected deep politics ideology. therefore posits genuine religious messages isolate terrorists from communities ultimately make them short new should be considered. This finding critical implications institutions, governments, intelligence communities, regulators policymakers, crackdown would not yield needed result, hence need fight terrorism, particularly Sahel region.