Title:
HE RELEVANCE OF THE ENCYCLICAL LETTER EVANGELIUM VITAE ADDRESSED BY POPE JOHN PAUL II IN COUNTERING TERRORISM AND WASTE OF HUMAN LIVES IN NIGERIA

Authors:
Afunugo Kenechi Nnaemeka And Mokwenye Ekene Michael ,Nigeria

Abstract:
Terrorism and waste of human lives is on the increase in Nigeria. The havoc, menace and barbaric killings caused by the Boko Haram and Fulani Herdsmen terrorist group is a typical example. Individual persons and groups in Nigeria more often than not resort to acts of terrorism and wasting of human lives in pursuing their course or perceived denied rights. Basic sociopolitical activities in Nigeria feature acts of terrorism and wasting of human lives as citizens employ such modes to actualize their goals. Almost all the ethnic groups in Nigeria have splinter groups that purposes to be agitating for their peculiar ethnic rights through terroristic means that often results in wasting of human lives. The Nigerian government appears to be frustrated in their battle against terrorism and the waste of human lives rife in the society as some of their efforts to combat it which includes several uses of force had proved abortive. Private investigators and researchers like Prof IyorwuseHagher are pointing accusing fingers at the presidency as being complacent over the issue. This work examines terrorism and waste of human lives in Nigeria vis a vis the encyclical letter evangelium vitae, and posits how this papal’s admonition can be applied in countering the dastardly acts of the former pair