Update on boko haram issue

The Ijaw nationalist recalled that while negotiations were being suggested with the insurgents, they chose then Major Gen. Buhari ad their chief negotiator. As a matter of fact, it was as a result of this that the elections could not be conducted at the initial scheduled date and had to be postponed. Mohammadu Buhari, rtd, as he then was, as their Chief Negotiator, even though a few days after the choice, he Gen. Recalling the exchange he had with three former northeast governors including Admiral Murtala Nyako of Adamawa State, Kashim Shetima of Borno State and Ibrahim Geidam of Yobe State, on their accusations of Jonathan as the promoter of Boko Haram to kill northerners, he said it was a case of giving a dog a bad name in order to hang it.

Clark also recounted some of the statements made by Mohammed against Jonathan after the abduction of Chibok schoolgirls by Boko Haram including accusing his government of being behind the insurgents and Jonathan trying to gain political capital from the release of the school girls. It was reported that the girls thought that the abductors were genuine soldiers because of the uniform they wore.

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They also seem to be the infusion of foreign fighters in their ranks, the statement said. For President Buhari, insecurity has become a major electoral issue and despite his vow to defeat Boko Haram in the last election in , the menace of Boko Haram remains a pain in the neck. When the former army general became President, the army seems to make gains on Boko Haram, winning back territory, rescuing abductees and dislodging the fighters from their strongholds. But in recent months, the fighters have returned, sacking communities, killing soldiers and kidnapping young girls and aid workers.

Hauwa Liman, a year-old aid worker, was executed by Boko Haram in October after a deadline imposed by the group to release some of its imprisoned members expired. The armed group is still holding a year-old schoolgirl, Leah Sharibu, who was abducted with others in February from her school in the town of Dapchi, Yobe state.

In December , Buhari secured the release of one billion dollars in additional funds to boost the fight against Boko Haram. Unfortunately, the funds have been unable to save the Nigerian military from suffering embarrassing attacks and questions have been raised over the lack of equipment for troops on the front lines.

According to Keyamo, there has been progress when comparing to Apart from Boko Haram, there is also the resurgence of violence in central and southern Nigerian regions between nomadic herdsmen and local farmers.

The fighting between farmers and nomads has killed more people this year than attacks carried out by Boko Haram, according to a report by the International Crisis Group ICG. At least 1, people have been killed in such clashes since September last year. On the 1st of November , it was reported that at least 12 civilians were killed in multiple Boko Haram attacks targeting two villages and a camp for those displaced by fighting in northeastern Nigeria, according to residents and civilian militia.

Boko Haram fighters arrived in seven trucks late on Wednesday and attacked Bulaburin and Kofa villages, as well as a camp in Dalori village outside Maiduguri, the capital of Borno state.