Boko Haram militants kidnapped 135 people and killed at least eight others in a raid in northern Cameroon, as the Islamists continued to strike beyond their strongholds in neighbouring Nigeria, police and local sources said Wednesday.
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“You do have in democracy a right to follow a pattern that we do, which is to keep the pressure on and to have elected officials know that you have their back as they move forward to confront Boko Haram“.
The Boko Haram terrorist outfit in Northeast Nigeria has killed 16 Christian men on the shores of Lake Chad by slitting their throats, an global Catholic humanitarian organization is reporting.
Issa’s statement contradicts Buhari who asserted, after meeting President Barack Obama at the White House last month, that the United States is aiding Boko Haram by refusing to sell attack helicopters to Nigeria.
Malari has seen a number of attacks from Boko Haram in recent months.
It has been reported that none of the freed captives include any of the 219 girls abducted from a school in Chibok, northeastern Nigeria, in April 2014. The problem was compounded by the lack of priority given to education by the state government.
“We noticed that in the different villages there is a certain population of foreigners and they are hiding behind some Cameroonians and hiding those Boko Haram suspects”, Mr Bakary said. “So it is within the Nigerian government’s authority and we encourage them to do so”.
“In addition, one Boko Haram terrorists Commander was captured alive and is presently undergoing investigation”, said Col Tukur Gusau, Deputy Director of Army Public Relations, 7 Division Nigerian Army, said.
Mr. Anas said the option of dialogue is no doubt a hard sale as suggested by many prominent Nigerians.
He said the U.S. would continue to provide some of the most high-level surveillance and tactical assistance flown by U.S.to support the hunting down of the insurgents.
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He said the crisis had the potential to plunge the nation into further chaos by adding more problems to a polity that had already been bedeviled by a myriad of problems.
