Abstract: As democracy returns to Nigeria in the late 1990s, novel forms of militia agitations and struggle re-emerged and took a different turn which deepened in the decade. The paper is a theoretical and descriptive analysis set within the period 1999 to 2014 which conceptualizes the post amnesty Niger Delta leaders operating within the State orbit as militia capitalists to differentiate them from the brand of struggle instituted by Isaac Boro in 1966 and environmental activism of Ken Saro Wiwa in the early 1990s .A shared historical memory of Boro and Saro Wiwa is built to define, mediate, and construct an ideological leaning at variance with contemporary militia in the region. The aim is to demonstrate the strategies adopted by the militia capitalists and understand how and why such proclivities as resource capitalism may not chart the much expected collective and equitable transformation of the impoverished Niger Delta rather results to inequality, economic empowerment of the few in the guise of militancy and disempowerment of the majority ,leading to a more glaring parody best alluded to as resource militia capitalism. Urgent policy intervention is sought to redress this development gap.
Keywords: Post Amnesty, Militia Capitalist, Development, Niger Delta, Nigeria.
Title: Oil: Niger Delta and The Making of Militia Capitalists: a theoretical assessment
Author: Luke Amadi, Imoh Imoh-Itah, Edmund F Obomanu
International Journal of Social Science and Humanities Research
ISSN 2348-3156 (Print), ISSN 2348-3164 (online)
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