When the Boko Haram insurgency broke out in northern Nigeria,
specifically Borno state, it was targeting police stations and other
places of work and abode of law enforcement officers following
the killing in police custody of the group’s founder.
But gradually, activities of the group has expanded to taking
control of cities, kidnapping hundreds of girls at a time,
organizing prison breaks, targeting churches and mosques and
most recently deploying female teenage suicide bombers.
A new report by the BBC and King’s College London revealed the
insurgency that Nigerian president Goodluck Jonathan once said
was being carried out by “brothers” have made Nigeria the second
most deadly country in the world, just behind Iraq, while the Boko
Haram sect is ranked second in the world in killing the largest
number of people.
Accusing finger have been – and continues to be pointed at
politicians. As recent as last September, the two major political
parties in the country, the ruling People’s Democratic Party (PDP)
threatened to mention the names of leaders of the major
opposition party the All Progressives Congress (APC) which it said
are the ones sponsoring the activities of Boko Haram in northern
Nigeria.
But the opposition had said revelations made by Australian
negotiator, Stephen Davies, had exonerated the leadership of the
party from any involvement in the activities of the terrorist
organization since Davis mentioned some PDP members and
political allies of the Nigerian president as the true sponsors of
Boko Haram.
These Nigeria’s neighboring countries have had their fair share of
the spillover of the activities of the terrorist organization
extending beyond the Nigerian borders into their territories,
especially in the Far North Cameroon, near the border with
Nigeria where the country’s army recently killed about 107
members of the group, the attack also resulted in the death of 8
Cameroonian army officers and dozens of citizens.
Apart from engaging the terrorists, the Cameroonian government
especially the military regularly argues with the Nigerian
government specifically the Defense Headquarters.
Group Leader With Nine Lives
One of such instances was the confusion over whether leader of
the group AbubekarShekau is alive or dead with the Cameroonian
Army claiming it killed Shekau while the Nigerian Army insisted
its officers killed Shekau – for the umpteenth time.
Both countries also argued over what really happened when about
300 Nigerian soldiers ran to Cameroun from Mubi town after it
was overran by Boko Haram. Cameroun said Nigerian soldiers
fled while Nigerian Army described the escape as a tactical
maneuver .
Chad, a landlocked country in Central Africa has been strongly
linked with sponsoring Boko Haram. The country shares borders
with Libya, Sudan, Central African Republic, Cameroun, Niger and
Nigeria. Suspicion grew when the Chadian government brokered a
botched ceasefire deal with Boko Haram that misled Nigerian
Army into letting down their guard and was caught unaware by
the terrorist organization.
The Cable quoted a security source saying that Chadians were
serving as foot soldiers for the terrorist organization. A diplomat
told the news media that Chadian president’s involvement could
be regarded as a copycat of the late Libyan leader Muammar
Ghaddafi’s destabilization of West Africa. He added that the
president of Chad Déby was very close to Ghaddafi.
The Cable report suggested that Chad may be interested in gaining
control of the oil deposits in the Chad Basin located in Bornostate,
the hydrocarbon deposit reportedly covers about 3,350 square
meters. If Chad gains control of this resource, it could significantly
boost its economy which currently has former governor of Borno
state Ali Modu Sheriff as one of its major investors. The former
governor is a close ally of the Chadian president and was recently
accused of sponsoring Boko Haram, an allegation he denied.
“In a saner community, Sheriff would be in custody but he is even
among the delegation of the Chadian government that welcomed
President Jonathan when he visited the country. As far as I’m
concerned, he is the prime suspect and number one lead if we are
trying to connect the Nigerian government to the activities of
Boko Haram,” said FunmilayoOguunbiyi, a political analyst.
But Boko Haram continues to have access to state-of-the-art
weapons, surface-to-air missiles, armoured personnel carriers and
other equipment that are only sold to sovereign states. Political
commenters also raised questions about how the terrorist group is
transporting is heavy machineries if it had not received support
from neighboring countries that could easily facilitate acquisition
and transportation.
Speaking in New York at a high level meeting of the United
Nations Security Council, Nigeria’s president said Boko Haram is
getting foreign support, although he didn’t mention any specific
country; he also accused the United States government of not
providing the Nigerian government with sufficient military
assistance that would enable Nigeria to convincingly win the
battle against terrorism.
Recently, the international relations between Nigeria and US
further deteriorated when the Nigerian government cancelled the
military training arrangement it had with the United States to
combat Boko Haram an action that baffled several US security
experts although the Nigerian government gave a number of
reasons for taking the decision.
The France and Russia Connection
A potential French or Russian interest in the Boko Haram
insurgency activities in northern Nigeria was alsomade public this
month when a Russian plane loaded with large amount of arms
and ammunition, bound for neighboring Chad was intercepted by
the Nigerian Army at the Aminu Kano International Airport,
members of the aircraft’s crew were subsequently detained for
questioning. According to the report, the plane was heading for
N’djamena, the capital of Chad.
The plane’s manifest revealed it took off from Bangui, Central
African Republic and had on board 24 military hardware
including a vehicle, helicopters and blades. While confirming the
involvement of the French government, the French ambassador to
Nigeria, Jacques Champagne de Labriolle, however denied claims
that there were arms and ammunition aboard.
In a research note on Boko Haram’s International Reach, Ely
Karmon said although most of Boko Haram’s terrorist activity is
focused, for the moment, on Nigerian territory, the group is
already an important international jihadist organization.
According to Karmon, the bulk of BokoHaram’s membership, the
indiscriminate and cruel characteristic of its attacks, the
complexity of the Nigerian religious and ethnic context, the sheer
weight of the Nigerian state in an instable neighborhood –
Cameroun, Niger, Chad, Mali – and its proximity to the jihadist
battle front in the Sahel convert it into an immediate and
infectious regional threat.
Within Nigeria, citizens are divided over who is to be held
responsible for the actions of Boko Haram. Daniel Olumuyiwa, a
public administrator in Ife southwest Nigeria said he is as
confused as other Nigerians.
“No one can really say who is responsible, only the sponsor and
the terrorist organization could answer that. The rest of us are in
the dark over the crisis,” he told AFKIn

Trying to find the sponsor is a waste of time....they'll still be given less than 2 years imprisonment.

What we should be asking is "who is ready to take the bull by the horns & divide this FRAUD called NIGERIA?"

It's another neo colonization movement but this time from the fanatical Arabs. They r getting the money from middle east and north africa.




If Nigeria is a serious country any nigerian esp muslim who visited syria, Yemen etc shd be summoned for investigation


Their ultimate aim is to possess the land of nigeria and west africa. They plot too want to kill as many Africans as possible to spread that evil doctrine . That doctrine is a wolf in sheep clothing.

Northerners

Ok