AN EXAMINATION OF THE CAUSES AND EFFECT OF THUGERRY ON YOUTHS IN BAUCHI METROPOLIS

Political violence (thuggery) is one of the major social problems defiling the peaceful co-existence of people in Bauchi metropolis, they are groups of unemployed youth that organized themselves as thugs in form of drugs, violence which impose security threat to peoples in Bauchi state. This group is believed to be motivated and sponsored by politicians in order for them to be used as a political catalyst of rigging, propaganda, intimidation, harassment, kidnapping and order forms of social vices. The aim of the study is to examine the causes and effects of Political violence (thuggery) on youths in Bauchi metropolis, while the objectives are to; examine the cause of Political violence (thugs) in Bauchi metropolis, to identify the effects of Political violence (thuggery) on the victims in Bauchi metropolis and proper solution to Political violence (thuggery) in Buchi metropolis. Hence, in this study, survey research method was used using questioner guide. The findings show that the majority of the respondents in Bauchi metropolis are male. Also the findings show that the majority of the respondents are married in the findings. Therefore, the findings shows that the implication of political violence (thuggery) activities in the state including the emergence of incompetence leaders, threat to democracy, political apathy, lost of lives and displacements of peoples and also the emergence of insecurity and small arm proliferation. Recommendations; rule of law and accountability, government should develop community-based programs to raise awareness about the consequence of thugs, civil society and nonviolent movement, eradication of poverty through creation of employment for youths, by establishing vocational training and skill development programs to empower youths are the possible way out to remedy the problems of political violence (thuggery) in the state.