Over these last few years, the Northern region of Nigeria has been ignited with spates of students’ abductions and ransom demands which throw parents, security agents, and government (both federal and states) into confusion. In fact, it has become an existential threat such that national dailies break even with captivating, yet regrettably stylistic reportage of this ugly menace. The popular discourse for this threat is rooted in the motive for financial gains. In contrast, this paper situates it within the context of education eradication and Islamization project. In this light, the paper aims to pigeonhole the interface between the rising menace of banditry in the Northern Nigeria and the mission of annihilating western education which would further set the region on the track of socio-economic backwardness and form the catalyst for Islamization. The current form of banditry has a close relationship with known terrorist groups in the Nigerian state (Boko Haram, ISWAP, and Ansaru) and therefore, has common ideology of eradicating education in the region and setting the center stage for Islamization. Abduction of students and ransom collections are just logic in furtherance of the ideology. The paper does not involve field work; hence it adopts a qualitative approach that draws data from scholarly works, newspapers, and publications from international bodies. It recommends therefore, that government adopt a stick and carrot approach; provide more security around schools and prosecute identified sponsors and apprehended bandits.

在过去的几年里，尼日利亚北部地区被一连串的学生绑架和赎金要求点燃，这让家长、安全人员和政府（联邦和州）陷入混乱。事实上，它已成为一种生存威胁，以至于全国性的日报都以迷人但令人遗憾的风格报道这一丑陋的威胁而收支平衡。这种威胁的流行话语植根于经济利益的动机。相比之下，本文将其置于教育根除和伊斯兰化项目的背景下。有鉴于此，本文旨在确定尼日利亚北部日益猖獗的土匪威胁与消灭西方教育的使命之间的界面，这将进一步使该地区走上社会经济落后的轨道，并成为伊斯兰化的催化剂。博科圣地、ISWAP和安萨鲁），因此具有在该地区根除教育和为伊斯兰化设置中心舞台的共同意识形态。绑架学生和勒索赎金只是宣扬意识形态的逻辑。论文不涉及实地工作；因此，它采用了一种定性方法，从国际机构的学术著作、报纸和出版物中提取数据。因此，它建议政府采取大棒和胡萝卜的做法；在学校周围提供更多安全，并起诉已确定的赞助商和被捕的土匪。