This article focuses on the complexities and losses of public engagement through counterterrorism operations in Northern Nigeria. Though public engagement by the Nigerian government had been yielding results, it dwindled as terrorists gained more acceptance among the inhabitants of Northern Nigeria. Warfare, brutality, and related actions by the government substituted for public engagement, well documented by a dearth of literature that can be read as accounts of the fragility and loss of public engagement in Northern Nigeria. Popular and interviewee accounts describe security challenges and suffering at the hands of terrorists and the Nigerian government. Public engagement gave way to militaristic, coercive, and domineering actions against the citizens of Northern Nigeria by both terrorists and the government. This engagement shift to militaristic counterterrorism operations meant the loss of popular support of the government as a fragile form of public engagement emerged that included paid protection by citizens to terrorists. Taxes paid by the citizens of Northern Nigeria to terrorists also meant protection against Nigeria's security agencies responsible for raping women or girls and destroying the natives' property in counterinsurgency operations. Recommendations conclude this article, arguing for human rights as a framework Q1 for public engagement by the Nigerian government.

本文重点讨论尼日利亚北部反恐行动中公众参与的复杂性和损失。尽管尼日利亚政府的公众参与已经取得了成果，但随着恐怖分子在尼日利亚北部居民中的接受度提高，这种参与逐渐减少。政府的战争、暴行和相关行动取代了公众参与，但缺乏可以解读为尼日利亚北部脆弱性和公众参与缺失的文献记录。流行的和受访者的叙述描述了恐怖分子和尼日利亚政府带来的安全挑战和痛苦。公众参与被恐怖分子和政府针对尼日利亚北部公民的军国主义、胁迫性和专横行为所取代。这种向军国主义反恐行动的转变意味着政府失去了民众的支持，因为出现了一种脆弱的公众参与形式，其中包括公民向恐怖分子提供有偿保护。尼日利亚北部公民向恐怖分子缴纳的税款也意味着可以防止尼日利亚安全机构在反叛乱行动中强奸妇女或女孩并摧毁当地人的财产。本文最后提出建议，主张将人权作为尼日利亚政府公众参与的第一个问题框架。尼日利亚北部公民向恐怖分子缴纳的税款也意味着可以防止尼日利亚安全机构在反叛乱行动中强奸妇女或女孩并摧毁当地人的财产。本文最后提出建议，主张将人权作为尼日利亚政府公众参与的第一个问题框架。尼日利亚北部公民向恐怖分子缴纳的税款也意味着可以防止尼日利亚安全机构在反叛乱行动中强奸妇女或女孩并摧毁当地人的财产。本文最后提出建议，主张将人权作为尼日利亚政府公众参与的第一个问题框架。