DOI: 10.36347/sjahss.2016.v04i09.008

Pages: 1028-1033

The rise in number of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) fleeing in search of safe heaven to escaped attacks promoted by insurgency in the north-eastern region of Nigeria attracts global attention with the persistent rise in number of civilian casualties in communities within Adamawa, Borno and Yobe states-development that affects democratic participation in affected communities which came under attacks in the conflicts. Conducted with the used of both qualitative and quantitative research methodologies, this research examines the effects of insurgency on democratic participation among the people of Gulani, Gwoza and Madagali local government areas of Yobe, Borno and Adamawa states of Nigeria. It also examines the impacts of such conflicts on the democratic and political development of the communities under study. Insurgency the research found out affect democratic participation among the people of the communities under study. The research also recommended that necessary measures be adopted to counter insurgency in the communities so as to promote effective democratic participation among the people of the communities under study.