There were indications yesterday that the Federal Government may go after the strategists and financiers of the Boko Haram sect as a way of ending the spate of bombings in the country. Also being targeted by security agencies are those believed to be inciting the sect into violence through the spread of hate messages in certain parts of the country.

A reliable government source told Vanguard that security agents had decided to look beyond those who merely throw bombs in their bid to find a lasting solution to the cycle of violence in parts of the North.

About 1,000 Nigerians have so far been killed in various parts of the country since the sect began its bombing activities in 2009, according to Human Rights Watch.
The source said the administration decided to take on other elements of the sect, who have decided to make life unbearable for other Nigerians.

The source said: “The focus of the search is gradually shifting from the sect’s foot soldiers, who merely go on suicide missions to the financiers, intelligence class and those who indoctrinate the bomb-throwers”.

Asked if indeed the sect was involved in any form of dialogue with the government, the source admitted that some form of discussion was going on with the administration but declined to give further details.

The source said the recent listing of three Boko Haram leaders as terrorists by the United States had made some members of the group to seek dialogue, apparently to avoid being designated as a foreign terrorist organisation.

“The sect has come to realise that the government is fully aware of what it is doing and that is why they have soft-pedaled. The heat is more than what the sect can take,” the source said.

Last week, a prominent northern leader, Dr. Junaid Mohammed, warned people to stop associating the sect with any religion, as its activities did not have anything to do with any of the religious groups in the country.

Mohammed said: “As far as I am concerned, Boko Haram is a terrorist group; it has nothing to do with Islam or Christianity. Let those who are ignorant stop associating it with any religion and face the reality on the ground.

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2012/08/fg-to-go-after-boko-haram-financiers-strategists/cartoon-nigeria/

What have they (FG)been waiting for untill about 1400 people loose their lives and properties worth billions of naira were been destroyed before they start fishing out those animals behind it?.

Thank god FG knows them very well

na today?..'kwums is not mems'..

WHEN? ? Today or Tommorrow

This is one of those times where the saying "better now than never" doesn't hold. I don't understand why the FG had to wait for hundreds to thousands of Nigerians to suffer before coming to this obvious solution. Some of us have been shouting this thing for over a year. I wonder if they expect us to clap now.

We have heard this over and over. Tell us another story.

ozalogbo: We have heard this over and over. Tell us another story.

Abi o.

Stori, Stori!!! Story!!!

achi4u: What have they (FG)been waiting for untill about 1400 people loose their lives and properties worth billions of naira were been destroyed before they start fishing out those animals behind it?.

Thank god FG knows them very well

indeed

just another empty press release that will only be celebrated by the gej muppets

Must they say it on the media. Let them work, enough of talking.

Foolish country.,rule by foolish govt..
Well...I will soon change my nationality..very soon I won't bear ths country name again

donkarly: na today?..'kwums is not mems'..

Lol

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achi4u: What have they (FG)been waiting for untill about 1400 people loose their lives and properties worth billions of naira were been destroyed before they start fishing out those animals behind it?.

Thank god FG knows them very well

that's the disadvantage of having a slow poke as president! U sit and wait till boko haram kills hundreds of pple before u take action.isn't that pathetic? This is what he ought to have done right from the onset.my condolences to the families who lost their loved ones.its really a shame on this government.

How will they know the strategists and financiers?

my broda abio o

timmy1999: Foolish country.,rule by foolish govt..
Well...I will soon change my nationality..very soon I won't bear ths country name again

oboy u go North Korea or chad, I can only relocate but not Deny my roots. Thrash.

Foolish press release, by a foolish govt. to foolish people, why go to press before action, why don't the press come in after, I though they said investigation committe was tru with farouk case and they ready to persecute,my hw long will it take before this is done?, Abel let this people shut up if they hw notin to say, which financiers r they lookin for again, they don't know where atiku, buhari, Ibb. And northern criminals are again abi,

Na wa o ! Something wey dem suppose don do since nai dem dey come announce as if na now dem dey get sense...rubish !

The report is somehow 'may go' not even 'will go' so what are they waiting for? Another tales by moonlight.

Action is better than words.

Na today we don dey tell us this?

Lovin it, what an interestin story. Lmao

donkarly: na today?..'kwums is not mems'..

reality is what i stand for!

Smallville4live: Must they say it on the media. Let them work, enough of talking.

Abi o, Let their work speak for them

Na today we don dey tell us this? Wish them good luck sha

Nonsense, must they voice everything out? Bunch of nonentities.

DANILSA: oboy u go North Korea or chad, I can only relocate but not Deny my roots. Thrash.

Foolish...its my choice..and I choose life..u may choose death and poverty in naija

berem: that's the disadvantage of having a slow poke as president! U sit and wait till boko haram kills hundreds of pple before u take action.isn't that pathetic? This is what he ought to have done right from the onset.my condolences to the families who lost their loved ones.its really a shame on this government.

LOL better late than Never

The FG is still thinking of going after them. WOW!
May the next bomb go off inside villa in the arms of GEJ two kids. I guess the FG won't be thinking then.

Which kind yeye source? Abeg make we reason well. That publication did not quote any govt official. Just source source, which source?