I saw the video allegedly released by the leader of the terror group, Boko Haram, yesterday afternoon and it sent shivers down my spine. Immediately it cast my mind back a few years to the chilling videos of the Al-Qaeda leader, Osama Bin Laden when he was trying to inspire a violent Jihad against the West. The video released by Boko Haram has all the trademarks of Al-Qaeda, namely Kalashnikovs and bullet-proof vests. The man in the video, claiming to be the leader of the group sat in-between two rifles and had a camouflage bullet-proof vest on him. He attempted to explain the reason for the violence attributed to the group which has claimed more than 600 lives till date. He openly challenged the government of Goodluck Jonathan and warned people trying to cross the path of his group to stay away or be crushed. This is the first time Nigeria is witnessing terrorism on this scale. I began to wonder what has gone so awfully wrong?

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