How - by what means is Boko Haram to be defeated?
As discussed in this series and as lamented by the then helpless President Goodluck Jonathan, "Boko Haram is everywhere" – everywhere meaning just that: Everywhere – what at the time( 2012) sounded like an excuse and not at all clueless: "Boko Haram is everywhere, in the executive arm of government, in the legislative arm of government and even in the judiciary. Some are also in the armed forces, the police and other security agencies", said President Goodluck Jonathan, according to Nigerian newspaper Vanguard.
One of the conspiracy theories floating around during the Jonathan presidency was that Boko Haram was supposed to be a thorn in his flesh to showcase his incompetence in dealing with the terrorists' insurgency , some people going even as far as to believe that Muhammadu Buhari was in cahoots with Boko Haram. This is now being proved to be a manifestly false charge.
The theme of their omnipresence simply won't disappear by mere wishful thinking or by a mere change of government if the new government does not identify and weed out the infiltrators of government; because it would appear that the Boko Haram sympathisers are more loyal to the terrorists, their methods and their aims than to whatever government of the people for the people by the majority of the people….
On Monday, 1 February 2016 00:53:51 UTC+1, MEOc...@gmail.com wrote:
President Buhari it was who said with fanfare that Boko Haram had been "technically defeated"--whatever that means. That was a political and tactical blunder. An insurgency that is "technically defeated" should be incapable of carrying out this kind of large scale, high-casualty conventional attack just 3 miles away from Maiduguri, the temporary headquarters of the Nigerian army, which purportedly houses several military garrisons. Mr. Buhari also said that all BH was doing was attacking soft targets, which I am sure will not give any comfort to the families of the hundreds of Nigerians who have been killed or maimed by the terrorist group since the declaration of a "technical" victory over BH.On Sun, Jan 31, 2016 at 5:17 PM, John Mbaku <jmb...@weber.edu> wrote:Did not someone on this forum say that the new government had effectively eliminated Boko Haram as a threat to peace and security in Nigeria and the neighboring countries? Or, did I misread the contribution?--On Sun, Jan 31, 2016 at 3:09 PM, kenneth harrow <har...@msu.edu> wrote:what a nightmare. (who said bk was finished??)--
new york times today
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2016/01/31/world/ africa/ap-af-boko-haram.html? hp&action=click&pgtype= Homepage&clickSource=story- heading&module=second-column- region®ion=top-news&WT.nav= top-news&_r=0
DALORI, Nigeria — A survivor hidden in a tree says he watched Boko Haram extremists firebomb huts and heard the screams of children burning to death, among 86 people officials say died in the latest attack by Nigeria's homegrown Islamic extremists.
Scores of charred corpses and bodies with bullet wounds littered the streets from Saturday night's attack on Dalori village and two nearby camps housing 25,000 refugees, according to survivors and soldiers at the scene just 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Maiduguri, the birthplace of Boko Haram and the biggest city in Nigeria's northeast.
The shooting, burning and explosions from three suicide bombers continued for nearly four hours in the unprotected area, survivor Alamin Bakura said, weeping on a telephone call to The Associated Press. He said several of his family members were killed or wounded.
The violence continued as three female suicide bombers blew up among people who managed to flee to neighboring Gamori village, killing many people, according to a soldier at the scene who insisted on anonymity because he is not authorized to speak to journalists.
Troops arrived at Dalori around 8:40 p.m. Saturday but were unable to overcome the attackers, who were better armed, said soldiers who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak to the press. The Boko Haram fighters only retreated after reinforcements arrived with heavier weapons, they said.
Journalists visited the carnage Sunday and spoke to survivors who complained it had taken too long for help to arrive from nearby Maiduguri, the military headquarters of the fight to curb Boko Haram. They said they fear another attack.
Eighty-six bodies were collected by Sunday afternoon, according to Mohammed Kanar, area coordinator of the National Emergency Management Agency. Another 62 people are being treated for burns, said Abba Musa of the State Specialist Hospital in Maiduguri.
Boko Haram has been attacking soft targets, increasingly with suicide bombers, since the military last year drove them out of towns and villages in northeastern Nigeria.
The 6-year Islamic uprising has killed about 20,000 people and driven 2.5 million from their homes.
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