We, the Editors of Defence Studies and the publishers Taylor & Francis Group are retracting the following article:
Bamidele, Oluwaseun (2013) Domestic Terrorism in Nigeria: The Grown ‘Monster’ Within! Defence Studies, Vol. 13, No. 4. DOI: 10.1080/14702436.2013.845382. Version of Record published online 21 Feb 2014.
We are now cognisant that the article is substantially similar to a previously published work:
Ude Asue, Daniel (2012) Muslim Youth in Search of Identity in Nigeria: The case of Boko Haram Violence. The International Journal of African Catholicism, Winter 2012, pp. 22–38
We note this previously published work has not been referenced in the retracted article.
This action constitutes a breach of warranties made by the author with respect to originality and provenance. We note we received, peer-reviewed, accepted, and published the article in good faith based on these warranties, and censure this action.
The retracted article will remain online to maintain the scholarly record, but it will be digitally watermarked on each page as “Retracted”.