Counter-Terrorist Financing (CTF) regimes and institutional responses: a case study of Boko Haram insurgency in Nigeria

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dc.contributor.advisorVan Der Spuy, Elrena
dc.contributor.advisorPowell, Cathleen
dc.contributor.authorObonyilo, Matthew
dc.date.accessioned2026-01-21T07:53:42Z
dc.date.available2026-01-21T07:53:42Z
dc.date.issued2025
dc.date.updated2026-01-15T11:18:21Z
dc.description.abstractThis thesis examines the intricate process of transmitting United Nations Security Council Resolutions 1267 and 1373 to Nigeria and operationalising global counter-terrorist financing policies through legal frameworks and a matrix of security and other state institutions in the domestic environment. The investigation focuses on the complex dynamics of the transmission process, from international to national, and inter-institutional diffusion involving internal institutions in Nigeria as a developing state. By critically engaging Michael Boyle's contributions to our understanding of how local contexts and situational specificities impact the effective transmission and diffusion of international counter-terrorism policies, the study considers how Nigeria's local conditions impact efforts to limit Boko Haram's access to funding through international regulatory instruments on counter-terrorist financing. The study both confirms and augments Boyle's analysis by drawing on qualitative field data involving nineteen policy specialists attached to governance and security elites in Nigeria and three multilateral institutions: United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), Financial Action Task Force (FATF), and Inter-Governmental Action Group against Money Laundering in West Africa (GIABA). Although the study demonstrates the applicability of Boyle's theory to Nigeria's conflict landscape, it rejects the idea that associates the failures of international counter-terrorism policies in third-world countries solely with the peculiarities of the domestic environment. The study sought to carve out space for other variables beyond Boyle's local conditions. They are those linked to development dynamics –corruption and underdevelopment, and global geo-political calculus - international assistance, international regulation, and the politics of the global war on terror. The study argues that to arrive at a more comprehensive understanding regarding counter-terrorism outcomes in a non-Western context, an overarching framework of formative influences in both the domestic environment and at the global governance level gives more profound insights into the issues impacting the effectiveness of counter-terrorism measures in a non-Western environment like Nigeria.
dc.identifier.apacitationObonyilo, M. (2025). <i>Counter-Terrorist Financing (CTF) regimes and institutional responses: a case study of Boko Haram insurgency in Nigeria</i>. (). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Law ,Department of Public Law. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/42636en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationObonyilo, Matthew. <i>"Counter-Terrorist Financing (CTF) regimes and institutional responses: a case study of Boko Haram insurgency in Nigeria."</i> ., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Law ,Department of Public Law, 2025. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/42636en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationObonyilo, M. 2025. Counter-Terrorist Financing (CTF) regimes and institutional responses: a case study of Boko Haram insurgency in Nigeria. . University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Law ,Department of Public Law. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/42636en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Obonyilo, Matthew AB - This thesis examines the intricate process of transmitting United Nations Security Council Resolutions 1267 and 1373 to Nigeria and operationalising global counter-terrorist financing policies through legal frameworks and a matrix of security and other state institutions in the domestic environment. The investigation focuses on the complex dynamics of the transmission process, from international to national, and inter-institutional diffusion involving internal institutions in Nigeria as a developing state. By critically engaging Michael Boyle's contributions to our understanding of how local contexts and situational specificities impact the effective transmission and diffusion of international counter-terrorism policies, the study considers how Nigeria's local conditions impact efforts to limit Boko Haram's access to funding through international regulatory instruments on counter-terrorist financing. The study both confirms and augments Boyle's analysis by drawing on qualitative field data involving nineteen policy specialists attached to governance and security elites in Nigeria and three multilateral institutions: United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), Financial Action Task Force (FATF), and Inter-Governmental Action Group against Money Laundering in West Africa (GIABA). Although the study demonstrates the applicability of Boyle's theory to Nigeria's conflict landscape, it rejects the idea that associates the failures of international counter-terrorism policies in third-world countries solely with the peculiarities of the domestic environment. The study sought to carve out space for other variables beyond Boyle's local conditions. They are those linked to development dynamics –corruption and underdevelopment, and global geo-political calculus - international assistance, international regulation, and the politics of the global war on terror. The study argues that to arrive at a more comprehensive understanding regarding counter-terrorism outcomes in a non-Western context, an overarching framework of formative influences in both the domestic environment and at the global governance level gives more profound insights into the issues impacting the effectiveness of counter-terrorism measures in a non-Western environment like Nigeria. DA - 2025 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town KW - Counter-Terrorist Financing LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2025 T1 - Counter-Terrorist Financing (CTF) regimes and institutional responses: a case study of Boko Haram insurgency in Nigeria TI - Counter-Terrorist Financing (CTF) regimes and institutional responses: a case study of Boko Haram insurgency in Nigeria UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/42636 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/42636
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationObonyilo M. Counter-Terrorist Financing (CTF) regimes and institutional responses: a case study of Boko Haram insurgency in Nigeria. []. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Law ,Department of Public Law, 2025 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/42636en_ZA
dc.language.isoen
dc.language.rfc3066eng
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Public Law
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Law
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subjectCounter-Terrorist Financing
dc.titleCounter-Terrorist Financing (CTF) regimes and institutional responses: a case study of Boko Haram insurgency in Nigeria
dc.typeThesis / Dissertation
dc.type.qualificationlevelDoctoral
dc.type.qualificationlevelPhD
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