THE INTRACTABLE INSECURITY IN PLATEAU STATE, INSTIGATED BY COMMON IDENTITY.

Abstract

Plateau State, located in Nigeria’s Middle Belt, is a historically plural society that has experienced periodic cycles of insecurity rooted in, Crises, violent conflicts, terrorism, banditry, kidnaping, Farmer-Herder Clash, organized attacks, and communal conflicts overtime. Recent years have witnessed intensified attacks, mass fatalities, displacement, and deepen distrust among local communities. This paper examines the dynamics of insecurity and the inability to track it, which is instigated by common identity and religious affiliation in the State. An attempt is made to employed two theories such as Social identity Security theory, and Conflicts to analyze the nature, dynamics and effort to resolve the conflicts, although conflicts is part of human but it can be managed. also effort are made to collate data from interviews of people involved in the conflict, the researcher personal observation, Government Communique, Commission of Enquires, the Dailies, Radio and television broadcast, Empirical evidence, Academic literature, and Civil Societies, the paper proposes an actionable government intervention, inclusive resolution mechanism, a truth and genuine conflicts resolutions, peaceful and trust worthy resolutions, and community-level peace processes.