AJAG Article

The greatest challenges facing African states (Nigeria inclusive) is the inability to manage and man
their borders owing to the compounded threat of globalization that is tearing down traditional borders
and transformation of international relations. However, this paper discovered that hard drug
trafficking across borders and its consumption has continued unabated such that it is not only
affecting the socioeconomic and health of the country but denting her image in the international
system. This study established the nexus between transborder trafficking and influx of hard drugs; the
collapse of the security and health of Nigeria. Succinctly, the various crimes and anti-social vices that
have posed serious challenge to lives and properties not farfetched from the unabated influx of hard
drugs into the country from the same borders that are manned by security personnel. Therefore the
failed state theory gave a theoretical approach to the issue under discourse. The paper is a
documentary research and it therefore relies on qualitative data obtained from journals, newspapers,
textbooks, etc. The data was subsequently analyzed using content analysis. Hence, this article
concluded that hard drugs influx into the country is not accidental as it is imported through the same
borders manned by security agencies owing to corruption that has facilitated trans-border trafficking.
It is therefore recommended that strengthening of Nigerian security agencies, charged with tackling
drug trafficking and sharing of information among other security agencies will go a long way in
reducing the rate of hard drugs trafficking in Nigeria

Transborder Trafficking and Influx of Hard Drugs in Nigeria: Exploring the Linkages, 2024, Vol. 2, No. 1, pp. 31-38. PDF