Olabanji Akinola is a PhD candidate in the department of political science, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada. His research interests straddle topics relating to African politics, governance, and socioeconomic development. He is the author of “Boko Haram Insurgency in Nigeria: Between Islamic Fundamentalism, Politics and Poverty,” African Security, 8.1 (2015): 1-29. He can be reached at oakinola@uoguelph.ca.