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Showing posts with label Boko Haram. Show all posts
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Wednesday, 23 September 2020

United Kingdom Lawmakers Write Commonwealth Over Bloodshed Under President Buhari


  • The lawmakers including Caroline Cox, David Alton, Jin Shannon and Helena Kennedy, said thousands of civilians in the country had been killed and elements of the Nigerian Government may be complicit in the violence.

September 23, 2020 | The Biafra Times

Some United Kingdom lawmakers have written the Commonwealth Secretary-General, Patricia Scotland QC, over widespread violence in Nigeria.

The lawmakers including Caroline Cox, David Alton, Jin Shannon and Helena Kennedy, said thousands of civilians in the country had been killed and elements of the Nigerian Government may be complicit in the violence.

Others, who signed the letter, are Lord Williams, Lord Carey, Dr Christopher Cocksworth, Phillip Mounstephen, Lord Stoddart, Lord Anderson, Lord Cormack.

Sir Geoffrey Nice QC, Ayo Adedoin, Ewelina Ochab, Mervyn Thomas, Dr Khataza Gondwe, Nevile Kyrte-Smith, Dr John Eibiner  and Ann Buwalda.

They sought intervention on the killings in Nigeria, highlighting the helplessness of the current administration.

The letter reads, “We write to highlight urgent concerns about escalating violence in Nigeria where attacks led by Boko Haram, Fulani herders and other Islamic militia continue in Northern and central-belt states with reports of increasing violence in the South-East.

“According to a report by the UK All-Party Parliament Group for international Freedom of Religion or Belief, thousands of civilians have been killed and elements of the Nigeria Government may be complicit in violence.

“The APPG's concern reflects the findings of a report by Amnesty International, which concludes that the Nigerian armed forces have committed war crimes and crimes against humanity during their operations.

“The Nigerian former army Chief of Staff, Lieutenant General Theophilus Danjuma, whom some of us have met and spoken to, says the armed forces are "not neutral, they collude" in the "ethnic cleansing" by Fulani herders. He insists that villagers must defend themselves because "depending on the armed forces" will result in them dying" one by one. The ethnic cleansing must stop.

“The state's failure to protect its citizens is a clear breach of its obligations under the commonwealth charter in respect of human rights. There is now an urgent need (a) to ensure adequate protection and aid for those suffering the loss of family members and destruction of their homes and livelihood and (b) to end impunity by ensuring that complaints related to human rights violations are promptly, inadequate and impartially investigated, and those responsible are held to account after fair trials.

“We write therefore, to ask whether you are able to respond on behalf of The Commonwealth Ministerial Action Group.  We should be very willing to meet in person (or perhaps more practically, online via Zoom) to discuss how we might proceed.”

Source: Saharareporters


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Thursday, 26 March 2020

Men in military uniform invaded our village, beheaded my mother, nine others –Ebonyi man














March 26, 2020 | The Biafra Times


An employee of the Ebonyi State Ministry of Information, Eugene Ibenyi, in this interview with EDWARD NNACHI, shares his experience about the beheading of his mother, Mrs Elizabeth Ibenyi, when some gunmen invaded Umuogodoakpu-Ngbo community in the Ohaukwu Local Government Area of the state

You lost your mother when gunmen in military uniform attacked your village. How did it happen?

Around 11.15am on Tuesday, March 10, 2020, I received what sounded like an emergency call from the village that many had lost their lives.  So, I went home and I saw a lot of destruction. Men and women were killed and beheaded; houses and other valuables were burnt to ashes and people were wailing.  I didn’t know my mother was involved. Nobody told me anything but I was taken to a place where my mother beheaded body was. I was devastated.

How many were killed excluding your mother?

Nine other persons were also killed.  I counted the corpses and there were nine of them. Now, as we speak, the death toll has risen to 10, as Mr Titus Ugadu, who sustained machete cuts during the attack, is dead.

Was it as a result of a fight between the people of Umuogodoakpu-Ngbo community, Ebonyi State and the people of Agila community, Benue State or was it a one-sided attack?   

I want to tell you without hesitation that it was an unprovoked attack by the Agila people, who are avowed enemies of Ngbo people. This is because as of the time they attacked my community, there was nothing that could be said was the offence of my people, nothing. Nobody could point at a particular thing. It was a one-sided attack from them, which was why they killed so many persons in our community. My people were caught unawares. They were relaxed in their homes, not in their farmlands. They swooped on them, killed as many as nine, burnt down houses and other valuable property and barns. They burnt down my own house, too. At that point, everybody could have been running for their lives and nobody could give account of how they killed my mother. She was killed about 150 metres away from the boundary, where they caught, killed and beheaded her.

How old was your mother?

My mother should be around 73 or 74 years of age.

When and what time of the day or night did the attackers invade your community?

Like I said, they were not only armed, they were also adorned in military uniforms. Those who saw them described them as 10 young military men. But I’m sure it is the Agila people that unleashed this mayhem on our people. This is because the hallmark of their earlier attacks is to kill and behead their victims.

How many people did your family lose in the incident?

I lost my mother and unfortunately, before now, I lost my younger brother, in similar incident. That was four years ago. People have been saying why not leave the place and relocate your loved ones to another place. But the answer is to where? The truth of the matter is that our people are suffering because of the general belief that peace is returning.

Can you describe the personality of those who were killed?

My mother was the engine room of my family. My mother was a peacemaker. This was somebody, who though lost her son to attack previously, would say if she saw an Agila person running into trouble here, she would defend such an individual. She was a peacemaker, she was always organising and making sure everything worked well for the family.

For the others, one of the men they killed was a widower, who lost his wife some years back. He had a blind sister he was taking care of and this blind sister was like a second wife to him. These people dragged the blind sister out and killed her and later killed the man himself. In another compound, they killed a man, killed his two wives and killed someone who had come to visit him.

It’s widely reported that your people have had protracted inter-communal clashes with Ngbo people over land dispute. What do you think makes this attack on your community different from others in the past?

First of all, before I get to what makes this very attack different from previous ones, it is a very wrong notion to say that Ngbo people have been having land dispute with the Agila people. It is the Agila people who have been coming always to fight us. When they say their people (that’s Agila people) have been attacked, have they shown evidence as we (Ngbo people) are showing now? When you say people attack you and you are not showing any evidence, it means you are not truthful. We can show evidence of decapitated bodies, destruction of property and other valuables. This is not just the first or the second time. So, there has never been a time the Ngbo people were on the offensive against them and that’s the truth and that’s why they attack us every now and then and each time, they do, they would, in turn go to the social media and alleged that our people attacked them.  Like the one that happened at Ukwuagba community in Ebonyi, from the same Agila people, we showed pictures and stories. They are just calling a dog a bad name in order to hang it.

What we used to know was that before   mobile policemen or military men would come to secure the people living within the boundary area, the traditional rulers would know; the councillor would know; the youth leader would know, and even the coordinator of the area would be aware.  Information would trickle down from the state government to the grassroots and people would be made to know what’s happening and the security agents would be welcomed   because they have come to protect lives.

Now few days to this very attack, men suspected to be military men came in their trucks and went back. They did this thrice and each time they came, we would hear the Agila people would come. It was not clear who these men in military uniforms were and channels of communication were broken and this caused panic in the area. Not really knowing whether these men were real soldiers or Agila people in military uniforms, so the people of Ngbo were panicking  and at a point they relaxed, these men came and started killing and beheading the people.

There have been this insinuations that both state governments were politicising the crisis, instead of coming up with measures to address it once and for all. What do you think?

My brother, it is only God that knows what is hidden. We have heard of the efforts of both states governments being announced on the radio and on the pages of newspapers. I do know that there have been attempts, through reconciliation committees and negotiations either by the Ebonyi State Government or jointly by both state governments. When a tragedy of this magnitude had not erupted, we took that to be satisfactory and I think it was working. But you know issue on matter of live and death like this is always a serious matter. To answer your question, I am not in a better position to say they are politicising it; if they are doing that, only God knows.

 There is this widely held view that the military allegedly aided the Agila warlords in this latest attack on Umuogodoakpu-Ngbo community. What do you think?

I cannot tell you specifically that those who attacked my village were aided by the military or not. But in communication, there is what is called body language. Even if they didn’t aid them, I’m not satisfied with the way the whole thing was managed by the military. Like I said, if you visit a place maybe to protect the people there, you look for the traditional ruler, the councillor, the youth leader, or representatives of the people there and state why you are in their place; not just moving on the road to and fro, fully armed and people would be afraid even to ask you questions.

And as an offshoot of that, people begin to live in fear. Then suddenly, the same set of people or another set of people in same military uniform, would emerge from nowhere and start killing people. It’s mixed up. This is very difficult to differentiate and segregate. So, I cannot be in a position to tell you that they are aiding or abetting it.

If you were mandated to proffer solution to the crisis between these two communities, what do you think can be done to address it?

The best and fastest thing that could be done and peace would finally return is for the government to muster that political will to demarcate the boundary there. We have heard stories of the National Boundary Commission, but we have not seen the practicality.

The best thing is to demarcate the place and put a military zone in-between to repel a possible attack from each side. If you have a buffer and it is not occupied by anybody, they will still attack themselves. There should be a fortified military base there. On the government side, they should make the people to earn their trust and confidence again. With this, peace can return.

Has peace returned to your community after the attack?

There is no peace. You can imagine a place where nine persons were killed. You can imagine the state of mind of the people there. I don’t think there is perfect peace there. What I can tell you that is existing there is fear, fear and fear and that is why people are calling on the government to help address the issue.


Source: punchng

Thursday, 27 February 2020

West Africa the only place in world al-Qaeda and IS affiliates team up ―US Military




















FEBRUARY 27, 2020  || The Biafra Times

The only place in the world where fighters linked to al-Qaida and the Islamic State group are cooperating is in West Africa’s sprawling Sahel region, giving the extremists greater depth as they push into new areas, according to the commander of the U.S. military’s special forces in Africa.

“I believe that if it‘s left unchecked it could very easily develop into a great threat to the West and the United States,” U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. Dagvin Anderson told The Associated Press in an interview this week.

The leader of U.S. Special Operations Command Africa described the threat even as the Pentagon considers reducing the U.S. military presence in Africa.

Experts have long worried about collaboration between al-Qaida and the Islamic State group. While the cooperation in the Sahel is not currently a direct threat to the U.S. or the West, “it’s very destabilizing to the region,” Anderson said.

He spoke on the sidelines of the U.S. military’s annual counterterrorism exercise in West Africa, currently the most active region for extremists on the continent.

Read Also: Dead Nigeria: Sultan of Sokoto encourage insurgency, says it is God's punishment against infidels in Nigeria

The alarming new collaboration in the Sahel between affiliates of al-Qaida and IS is a result of ethnic ties in the region that includes Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso.

“Whereas in other parts of the world they have different objectives and a different point of view that tends to bring Islamic State and al-Qaida into conflict, here they’re able to overcome that and work for a common purpose,” Anderson said, emphasizing that it’s a local phenomenon.

The cooperation allows the extremist groups to appeal to a wider audience in a largely rural region where government presence is sparse and frustration with unemployment is high.

The past year has seen a surge in deadly violence in the Sahel, with more than 2,600 people killed and more than half a million displaced in Burkina Faso alone.

Al-Qaida is the deeper threat both in the region and globally, Anderson said. “Islamic State is much more aggressive and blunt, and so in some ways they appear to be the greater threat,” he said. But al-Qaida, which continues to quietly expand, is “for us the longer strategic concern.”

Al-Qaida has been successful at consolidating efforts in northern Mali and moving south into more populated areas “and taking various groups and galvanizing them together into a coherent movement,” Anderson said.

The most prominent of those affiliates is a coalition of al-Qaida-linked groups known as JNIM with about 2,000 fighters in the region, according to the Center for Strategic and International Studies.

West Africa’s Sahel, the vast strip of land just south of the Sahara Desert, for years has struggled to contain the extremist threat. In 2012, al-Qaida-linked fighters seized large swaths of northern Mali.
French forces pushed them from strongholds in 2013 but the fighters have regrouped and spread south.

The largest IS affiliate in the region, Islamic State in the Greater Sahara, emerged more recently and claimed responsibility for killing four U.S. soldiers in Niger in 2017. The attack led to an outcry in Washington and questions about the U.S. military presence in Africa.

Between the advances of al-Qaida and IS-linked fighters, once-peaceful Burkina Faso has become the latest front for what experts call an alarming rate of deadly attacks.

The al-Qaida affiliates visit areas in advance to “engage with key leaders in key locations to recruit early,” Anderson said. Others move in later.

The fighters are funding themselves with kidnapping for ransom as they attempt to control access to markets via taxation methods, he said. They also are likely eyeing what has been a source of income for centuries: gold.

Read Also: Army vowed to destroy Delta community, Muoboghare insists

“I believe they’d be happy to be able to control some of the artisanal mines and the other mines in the area, especially the gold and other precious metals that are easily transportable,” Anderson said.

While al-Qaida affiliates work toward establishing safe havens, the Islamic State in the Greater Sahara is working to destabilize local governance, control territory and rally people to their cause, he said.

The strategy for countering the growing threat from the patchwork of Islamic extremist groups is a whole-of-governance one that goes beyond military efforts, Anderson said: “There’s no easy answer.”

Many young men in the largely impoverished region feel isolated from the government and are drawn in by extremists’ promises of employment and purpose.

“Al-Qaida, whether we agree with it or not, brings some level of justice to many of these areas, and some level of services that aren’t provided by central governments,” Anderson said. “And they provide some representation to minority groups that don’t feel part of the larger community, such as the Fulani or the Tuareg.”

African partners need to invest in governance, he emphasized, though international involvement is necessary.

The French lead the military effort in the Sahel with more than 5,000 forces and they hope to bring in more European partners.

But the French have urged the U.S. to reconsider any cuts to its already small military footprint of about 1,400 personnel in West Africa. The U.S. has about 6,000 personnel on the continent.

Anderson countered that the U.S. is already doing a lot in the Sahel through the State Department, a large USAID presence and investment. “Instead of looking at the size of the presence, I think we should look at what is the appropriate engagement across the government, from all levels,” he said. With very small engagement, the U.S. can still help countries develop the capabilities to build coalitions and share intelligence, Anderson said.

“It’s going to take all these nations working together, but also it’s going to have to be African solutions to an African problem,” he said.

SOURCE: VANGUARD

Tuesday, 25 February 2020

Freeing Captured Terrorists, Buhari Directly Responsible for Breakdown of Law and Order



February 25, 2020

By Christopher O Evans | Biafra Writers

Buhari blames victims of terror attacks but never once blamed Boko Haram and Fulani herdsmen for their heinous crimes. In Maiduguri, he blamed the victims who are mourning the massacre of 30 and razing of properties by Boko Haram. On his way out the people booed him deservedly. Whenever Boko Haram or their sister terror group, Fulani herdsmen, strikes, the president is more interested in preventing reprisals than preventing next attack. The question of arresting the terrorists is entirely out of the equation.

Herdsmen, known as Fulani herdsmen in the south and rechristened 'bandits' by Buhari himself in the north, have military escorts assigned to them by the president. The escorts are involved in two major assignments: (1) to guard the cattle when the owners go on a killing spree. (2) To prevent reprisals after they've had their fill of blood.

Now there's a new dimension: Governor Okowa of Delta State has alleged that the recent herdsmen killings in Delta state were accompanied by military men who themselves joined in the killing orgy. The presidency has yet to respond. When they do respond we know it will be written off as mere dangerous speculation. There will be no investigation.

READ ALSO: Army vowed to destroy Delta community, Muoboghare insists

About the one in Katsina where 30 were massacred aside, the president responded by blaming the victims for revenge attacks, saying the killings would have been avoided had the people abided by the law. He advised that whenever locals catch a bandit the terrorist should be handed over to law enforcement agencies. Natives should avoid taking laws into their hands.

I'm sure the locals will be asking Buhari to account for what he did with those already handed over. Did he not free them back into the wild? By freeing captured terrorists while their victims cry in vain for justice, Buhari is directly responsible for breakdown of law and order. He is directly responsible for the current rave of regional security outfits. Not only that he is unable to secure lives and properties, he rather makes case for the terrorists while condemning the victims.

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Last year he paid terror groups huge. He allocated $11bn for RUGA and entered into alliance with Fulani terrorists to pay them N160bn to partner with security agencies to end crime. That partnership is yielding fruits as evidenced in Delta state where the military in conjunction with Fulani herdsmen attacked and massacred citizens. We can no longer pretend to be safe. We have a terrorist government and as TY Danjuma said, it's either we defend ourselves or we all die.


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Monday, 24 February 2020

Army vowed to destroy Delta community, Muoboghare insists












February 24, 2020 || The Biafra Times

By Festus Ahon & Perez Brisibe – Delta

Delta State Commissioner for Higher Education and indigene of Uwheru kingdom, Prof. Patrick Muoboghare, on Sunday,  insisted that soldiers from the 222 Battalion, Agbarha-Otor vowed to destroy Agadama community if the community failed to produce the corpses of those reportedly killed by armed herdsmen.

Muoboghare while responding to the denial by the army authorities that its personnel did not at any time make such threats, said if the matter was not blown to high heaven, the army would have carried out its threat.

Speaking to Vanguard, he said: “On Saturday when the place was chaotic after the soldiers from Bomadi retreated to go and reinforce, the other Agbara-Otor military team came and they said there was no reason for the protest by the youths and that nobody died.

They insisted that unless they see the dead bodies, they were going to bring down the community and that is the truth and they appealed to me to talk to the community youths to go for the dead bodies if any.

Read Also: Dead Nigeria: Sultan of Sokoto encourage insurgency, says it is God's punishment against infidels in Nigeria

“The soldiers now took the youths into the forest where they met the Fulani herdsmen, and they (soldiers) told the herdsmen saying, ‘give us the dead bodies and the herdsmen said no they will not release them’ and at that point, they dared the soldiers and the soldiers beat a hasty retreat.

“The following day was when they went back and saw some corpses including the ones burnt beyond recognition by the herdsmen. Also, categorically speaking, the Police Commissioner was angry that the DPO Ughelli accepted that those bodies be brought. So they  did not want any evidence with the herdsmen and then on Monday, they went and saw the six corpses and at that point, they could not deny anymore.

When the police said we should bring money for autopsy, I told the community members not to drop one kobo for an autopsy but the Governor brought the money for the autopsy.” “If not that the governor prevailed on the GOC, and the matter became blown, else if it was not blown, they were ready to bring down the community and they said so.

So, these bodies that were exhumed, it was the soldiers that insisted that they are exhumed. We didn’t want to bring the dead bodies to Ughelli but they insisted that they must be exhumed to prove that the herdsmen killed people because they always protect the herdsmen and I will say it again and again.”


Source: Vanguardngr

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Friday, 21 February 2020

Dead Nigeria: Sultan of Sokoto encourage insurgency, says it is God's punishment against infidels in Nigeria













February 21, 2020 || The Biafra Times


The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar lll, has declared that God was using insurgency in the Northern part of the country to punish Nigerians for their sins.

Abubakar said Nigerians must learn to adhere to the teachings of the Quran and the Bible to escape God’s wrath.

The monarch stated this at the 5th International Conference on “Love and Tolerance: Countering Violent Extremism for Peaceful Coexistence” in Abuja, on Thursday.

Represented by the Emir of Jiwa, Dr. Idris Musa, the Sultan of Sokoto stated that the challenge of insurgency would come to an end when Nigerians stop committing sin.

He said: “The security challenge is our problem. The Holy Quran is a message to mankind. The Holy Bible is a message to mankind. If we cannot listen to what the Bible and Quran have taught us and we continue in our bad ways, what do we expect?

“It is part of the punishment we are receiving based on our sins. If we can stop committing sin and abide by God’s words, things will change.

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“It is part of the punishment we are receiving based on our sins. If we can stop committing sin and abide by God’s words, things will change.”

The monarch urged Nigerians to live in harmony and stop creating problems for themselves.

Abubakar, who urged Nigerians not to be afraid, stressed that the country has all it takes to defeat insurgency.

He added: “We are appealing to everyone to live together and be our brother’s keeper and live in harmony. We should not create problems for each other.

“We can win the fight against insurgency. Everyone is afraid of each other, but I am sure that we are going to win the war. Today, it has reached a situation where a senior citizen is running away from the common man, because, he is thinking that he would lose his life, why?

Culled from Daily Post

Sunday, 9 February 2020

Boko Haram abducted six people in Borno



February 10, 2020 | The Biafra Times

Report we received from Maiduguri, Borno State capital on Sunday, has it that six people have been abducted along Magumeri – Gubio road by suspected Boko Haram insurgents operating in the area.

Residents of Madamari village said, the incident happened around 1:00pm. on Sunday, February 9, 2020.

According to them, the suspected terrorists mounted vehicle roadblock at the village, which is about 23 km from Magumeri, where they stopped vehicles and demanded for self-identification of passengers.

According to them, the suspected terrorists mounted vehicle roadblock at the village, which is about 23 km from Magumeri, where they stopped vehicles and demanded for self-identification of passengers.

READ: Tough Task To Defeat Boko Haram - Buratai

” They asked some of the passengers to come down from the vehicles and entered another truck waiting which drove into the forest, while other passengers were asked to enter their vehicles and leave,” one of the travellers, who identified himself as Mohammed Ahmadu said.

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Tough Task To Defeat Boko Haram - Buratai

Chief of Army Staff, Lt. General Tukur Buratai



  • He said the group now has a wide number of recruiters, logistics suppliers and propagandists living within the civilian population.


February 10, 2020 | The Biafra Times

Nigeria's Chief of Army Staff, Tukur Buratai, has said that terror group, Boko Haram, cannot be defeated easily because of the indoctrination they received 10 to 40 years ago.

He said the group now has a wide number of recruiters, logistics suppliers and propagandist living within the civilian population.

He said, “Insurgency is not what you defeat and it would just fizzle out; they would revert to other tactics. That is terrorism.

“They will promote propaganda, to the effect that all the institutions of government would be seen to be ineffective. This is what they are doing. They are exploiting the fault lines in our economic and political endeavours to expand the gulf of so-called discord and acrimony amongst various ethnic and religious groups.

“Why are they doing this propaganda, blocking the road and capturing individuals because they are of a particular religion? Unfortunately, they murder those individuals and send it to the world. These are propaganda strategies of the terrorists.

“These individuals may be living with you and you would not know they are terrorists. They have a series of informants and logistics suppliers. They have a series of leadership strata that live in the communities and towns nearby. They pass information and organise those that are hidden along the borders in remote areas or communities who come, attack and go back. They also have a series of recruiters.

READ ALSO: Nigeria: The Complete Transformation of Boko Haram into Islamic Jihad Army

“Looking at it from this perspective, you would see that it is a complex operation you cannot wish to just go.
“At the National Assembly, I said indoctrination of the citizens did not start in 2009, it started much earlier. And it grew until it reached that point where they took arms against the state.

“It is an indoctrination that has taken roots between 10 and 40 years back. And for you to de-radicalise an individual to bring him back to sanity, you think it would just take you three years, four or 10 years?

“These are people that were brain-washed to believe that when they die they would go straight to heaven. And you think they would believe in you to bring them back to mix with people they refer to as unbelievers? You have to look at this context.

“We will continue to target them individually and as a group until we narrow the overall leader. It requires some intelligence."

SOURCE


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Wednesday, 5 February 2020

Buhari Came to Power Through Terrorism



February 5, 2020

By Eluwa Chidiebere Chinazu | Biafra Writers


Around the globe, people have been wondering how Nigeria became a state where ruffians are made and allowed to patrol the cities wrecking havocs while the government treats them with glove.

While Goodluck Jonathan – a southerner – occupied Nigeria’s seat of power, Muhammadu Buhari (now the president) threatened to make the country ungovernable. Like joke, the activities of Boko Haram skyrocketed beyond imagination thereafter. It did not come as a surprise therefore when this same Muhammadu Buhari was named by Boko Haram to negotiate with the Jonathan administration on their behalf.

As Jonathan disclosed in his book titled “My Transition Hours,” the selfish ambitions of some governors (Abdulfatah Ahmed, Rabiu Kwankwaso, Murtala Nyako, and Aliyu Wamakko) in the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, who later defected to the All Progressives Congress, APC, is one of the reasons he lost his re-election bid. A look at the activities of the governors that defected lends credence to the fact that terrorism in Nigeria is a northern affair.

In 2014, while receiving partisans of Congress for Progressive Change, CPC, in his Kaduna residence,  Buhari had said, “If what happened in 2011 should again happen in 2015, by the grace of God, the dog, and the baboon would all be soaked in blood.”  He even referred to Boko Haram members as his brothers.

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President Buhari claimed that the Fulani Herdsmen killing Nigerians are not Nigerian Fulanis but foreigners from Libya and other neighboring countries. Yet, he wants to make entrance from such countries visa-free. By implication, he is giving the killer-herdsmen a free hand to enter and kill more Nigerian citizens. Who is fooling who?

One would have thought that the APC party will stop their boys (Boko Haram and Fulani Herdsmen) after gaining power. To continue with the mayhem after ushering in their arch funder (Muhammadu Buhari) into Aso Rock shows that the jihadists have another goal – total conquest of the country.

READ ALSO: Call for Buhari to Resign, Abaribe Spoke the Mind of the People

This APC government released Boko Haram members apprehended by Jonathan's administration and now has integrated them into the Nigerian army. A government that has never been mean to terrorists is a terrorist government. This APC government came in through terrorism. Its body language speaks volumes.


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Monday, 3 February 2020

Fulani Herdsmen, Boko Haram, Bandits, Others Kill Over 320 Citizens in January



February 3, 2020 | The Biafra Times

By Charles Kumolu

A better way of realising the real danger posed by insecurity in Nigeria is through figures.

If you had lived in denial or underestimated the scale of the crisis, the perception changes henceforth.

As you are reading this, Boko Haram may be on its next mission while bandits and suspected herdsmen may have just concluded killings in some rural communities.

Deal with this: From the beginning of January to date, no fewer than 320 citizens have died needlessly, findings by Sunday Vanguard revealed. A breakdown implied that about 10 avoidable deaths occurred daily in January.

They mostly died in the hands of Boko Haram insurgents, suspected herdsmen, and bandits.

Other forms of violent deaths occurred but those earlier mentioned are more recurring with Boko Haram taking the lead.

Suspected herdsmen and bandits followed with their activities spread across the country, unlike Boko Haram that operates mostly in the North-East geopolitical zone.

Kidnappers continued with their reign of terror as some victims still don’t live to recount their ordeal.

READ ALSO: Nigeria: The Complete Transformation of Boko Haram into Islamic Jihad Army

More vulnerable
Just like previous years, perpetrators are as daring as ever while citizens are now more vulnerable than any other time. The absence of accountability for masterminds continues.

Borno, Plateau, Niger and Kogi states led with the highest number of deaths in the last 30 days.

Boko Haram accounted for virtually all cases in Borno the same way bandits and herdsmen were responsible for similar incidents across the country.

Within the time under review, road crashes occasioned by failed roads and other reasons also claimed many lives across the states.

Others also died in some violent acts like jungle justice and armed robbery attacks.

This year’s figures do not surpass what was obtained about this time last year by the Council on Foreign Relations, CFR, a US-based nonpartisan think tank, under its Nigeria Security Tracker, NST, programme.

The organisation monitors levels of violence by collating local media reports.

The combined estimate of CFR’s findings last January was more than 400 deaths.

State actors
However, the lesser numbers recorded last month do not mean that the rate of insecurity reduced in January, unlike the previous year.


State actors like soldiers, air force personnel and police were also victims of violent deaths last month.

Insurgents were also killed by the military but Sunday Vanguard could not independently state the actual number.

As of June last year, CFR said no fewer than 35,325 Nigerians had been killed by Boko Haram alone from 2011-2019.

With the January figures, the numbers are definitely growing in the face of what analysts described as official denial.


In November 2019, Global Terrorism Index, GTI, pegged the number of those killed by herdsmen in the previous year at 1,700.

The sect killed more than Boko Haram within that year.

The number of deaths recorded in the first month of this year suggests that should the trend continue, more Nigerians may be killed by December.

Sunday Vanguard could not get official figures from the Police as Public Relations Officer, PRO, of the force, Deputy Commissioner of Police, Frank Mba did not respond to calls on his telephone. But details of deaths across the country give more insight into the danger Nigeria faces.

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January 2
Nigerian soldiers killed eight Boko Haram terrorists when the sect members tried to infiltrate Michika in Adamawa State.

January 4
Twenty-three persons were killed as suspected gunmen, believed to be herdsmen invaded Tawari community in Kogi Local Government Area, LGA, of Kogi State.

January 6
At least 30 people were killed in Borno after an improvised explosive device detonated on a bridge. It happened in Gamboru

January 6
Suspected pirates killed four Nigerian Navy operatives and abducted three foreign sailors in an attack on a dredging ship.

Armed assailants raided the oil dredger MV Ambika as it worked in the waterways of the Niger Delta

January 7
AFP reported that at least three soldiers were killed in intense fighting between soldiers and Islamist militants around a key garrison town in the Lake Chad area. It quoted a security source security. The soldiers died when an army vehicle burst into flames after a car filled with explosives rammed into a convoy.

January 9
Plateau State Police Command said gunmen, suspected to be herdsmen, killed 12 persons and injured one at Kulben village of Kombun District of Mangu Local Government Area.

January 6
Pandemonium ensued when an army officer and three soldiers were reportedly killed by bandits in the Gwarm village, Munya Local Government Area of Niger State.

According to reports from the area, the soldiers, who were on routine patrol, ran into an ambush by the bandits, which led to their death.

January 16
Bandits killed 29 people in Babban Rafi village, Gummi LGA of Zamfara State.They stormed the village in a commando-style, shot sporadically and killed many people, while others scampered for safety.

January 16
Bandits attacked the convoy of Alhaji Umaru Bubaram Emir of Postikum, killing six people.

January 21
Boko Haram terrorists reportedly killed eight soldiers during a battle in Mainok, near Maiduguri.

It happened at 1:00 p.m. in Mainok, about 60 kilometres west of Maiduguri. The insurgents camouflaged in a police vehicle and approached a military base, a military source in Maiduguri said. They then opened fire on unsuspecting soldiers near their trench.

January 18
One soldier and four Boko Haram militants were killed during an attack on an aid facility in Ngala, Borno.

January 18
Sectarian violence led to four deaths in Igalamela-Odolu, Kogi State.

January 18
Boko Haram killed four soldiers and kidnapped scores in Bama, Borno.

January 19
Vandals tampered with a pipeline, leading to an explosion that killed five in Alimosho, Lagos.

January 21
Eight soldiers and several Boko Haram militants were killed during a battle in Kaga, Borno.

January 21
Gunmen killed four in Keana, Nassarawa.

January 20
No fewer than 17 soldiers were reportedly killed while many others were abducted in two confrontations between the military and

Boko Haram insurgents on Bama-Gwoza Highway. The number of casualties on the Boko Haram side was high.

January 21
Boko Haram insurgents killed the Chairman, Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, in Michika Local Government Area of Adamawa State, Rev Lawal Andimi, after refusing a ransom offered for his release.

January 21
Gunmen killed one and kidnapped fourteen in Batsari, Katsina.

January 19
The Islamic State of West Africa Province,ISWAP, an armed group formerly part of Boko Haram, issued a video of a boy executing a man identified as a Christian hostage

January 18
Suspected Boko Haram insurgents attacked a United Nations facility housing several aid groups in Ngala, Borno State. At least 20 internally displaced persons waiting for assistance at the facility were killed,

January 23
Boko Haram killed 10 loggers in Dikwa, Borno.

January 25
Twin suicide bombers linked to Boko Haram sect attacked a mosque in Gwoza, Borno State, killing a 12-year-old child and leaving many people injured.

January 25
Gunmen killed 13 people, including two women at Kwatas village in Bokkos Local Government Area of Plateau State.

January 25
Armed bandits were again on the rampage in some Niger communities, killing 11 people, kidnapping scores, and raping women.

The incident took place at about 6 am at Kudodo, Galapai, Dnakpala, Makera, and Dnalgwa villages of Shiroro Local Government Area.

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January 2
Auto crash killed one on Ijebu -Ode-Ore Expressway.

January 2
Two people died in another auto crash in Bida, Niger-State.

January 4
Three women died in a fatal auto crash in Ibadan.

January 7
A policeman attached to one of the new generation banks in Ekeki suburbs of Yenagoa, killed a driver, NYSC member, one other in Bayelsa.

January 7
Three persons reportedly died while nine others were injured in two fatal road crashes that occurred in Ore, Odigbo Council Area in Ondo State.

January 7
Two unidentified middle-aged men were set ablaze by a mob for robbing a barber’s shop.

January 7
Armed bandits killed one Yasir Usman in an attack in Katsina.

January 9
Yobe State fire service confirmed that a mother and her three daughters were killed in a fire incident.

January 11
Four Air force officers were shot dead by bandits in Kaduna.

January 14
Farmers/herders clash claimed two in Edo State. They were killed in Sobe, Owan LGA.

January 14
Four naval ratings were killed in Gbagira Village, Ilaje LGA of Ondo State while rescuing three foreigners from pirates.

January 15
Two persons died when a petrol laden truck exploded at Agudu village in Tarka LGA.

Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, Niger command, said eight people died in an auto crash on Kagara Birnin Gwari road of Rafi LGA.

January 21
Five people died as pipeline fire razed homes, vehicles in Lagos.

January 21
17 died in motor accident in Kastina.

January 24
Tragedy struck in Ayegbaju Ekiti in Oye LGA of Ekiti State as two persons were crushed to death by a fast-moving vehicle driven by a university student.

January 24
Mob set Ablaze two suspected POS robbers at the Biogbolo suburb of Yenagoa, Bayelsa State.

January 27
Man stabs girlfriend to death for receiving a phone call from a male friend in Bauchi.

January 28
Fighter aircraft of the Nigerian Air force, NAF destroyed an Islamic State of West Africa province, killing many terrorists in the process.

January 29
Tragedy struck at Etitiama Nkporo community in Ohafia council area of Abia State when a man, identified as Kalu Ilum, allegedly shot his wife. He was set ablaze for the act by a mob.

January 29
Suspected herdsmen killed a farmer and policeman in Owan community in Ovia North East LGA of Edo State.

January 29
Fifteen people were feared dead, while 38 others sustained injuries in Ogun State, in a lone accident involving a Mitsubishi bus that fell into a ditch.

January 20
Seven persons, including the village head of Tundun Doki in Gwadabawa LGA, Alhaji Hayatu Ardo were killed.

January 30
A serving member of National Youth Service Corps in Osun State, Adebayo Mukaila was reportedly killed by a two-man armed robbery gang.

January 30
A housewife Rabi, allegedly set herself ablaze over jealousy and rivalry in Gayawa area, Ungogo Local Government Area of Kano State.

SOURCE: Vanguard News Nigeria.

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Friday, 31 January 2020

Report: Weapons used in herder/farmer conflicts traced to Nigerian security agencies

Smuggled shotgun shipment seized at Lagos port, June 2, 2017


 January 31, 2020 | The Biafra Times

By Chinedu Asadu

Some of the weapons used in the conflicts between farmers and herders in the country have been traced to Nigerian security agencies, according to a report by Conflict Armament Research (CAR).

The international conflict research group said some of the weapons were traced to “stockpiles of Nigerian defence and security forces”.

The report, which can be downloaded here, said 148 different weapons were discovered and analysed, and those manufactured in Nigeria are the second most prevalent among them.

“Predictably, given widespread weapon diversion from many governments in the region, CAR has traced four weapons in the data set to the stockpiles of Nigerian defence and security forces,” the report said.


“Nigerian-manufactured small-calibre ammunition - including cartridges manufactured as recently as 2014 - is the second-most prevalent type of ammunition in this data set.

“Four of the weapons in the data set were previously in service with Nigerian national defence and security forces. CAR has established this through formal tracing and the analysis of secondary marks applied to the weapons, which identify their users.”

At least 3,600 were killed in clashes between farmers and herders as of 2018, according to Amnesty International, which blamed the casualties on “gross incompetence” on the part of the authorities.

In some cases like in Plateau state where hundreds of lives have been lost in violent clashes, the police and other security agencies arrest suspects without prosecution.

The report, which focused on Zamfara, Katsina and Kaduna states, said a study of the weapons in use shows the violence is “perpetrated almost exclusively with small arms and light weapons”.

CAR said while some of the weapons used in the conflict are locally manufactured, some originated in Gaddafi-era Libyan stockpiles, and others produced in Europe, East Asia, and the Middle East.

It also traced some of the weapons to terrorists and special forces in Iraq and Libya.

Some of the key findings of the report are:

  • Groups involved in inter-communal herder-farmer conflicts in northern and central Nigeria use some locally made artisanal weapons (and) also use factory-produced weapons manufactured in Europe, East Asia, and the Middle East.
  • Weapons that Conflict Armament Research (CAR) documented during field operations in three northern Nigerian states have commonalities with small arms previously in service with national defence forces in Côte d’Ivoire and with weapons that CAR has documented in Libya.
  • CAR’s data set also includes Iraqi assault rifles manufactured in 1987 … terrorist groups have used weapons from the same batch in successive attacks on security forces in Mali and Niger since 2016.

SOURCE: thecable.ng

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Thursday, 30 January 2020

Nigeria: The Complete Transformation of Boko Haram into Islamic Jihad Army

File Photo: Buhari and Buratai with Boko Haram flag


January 31, 2020

By Christopher O Evans | For Biafra Writers

At its inception Boko Haram targeted education. The terror group was convinced that western education is the worst evil imaginable. And the group's name derived from anti-western education name. The word “boko' means 'education' – western education here implied. 'Haram' means 'evil'. Thus Boko Haram means Western education is evil, or abominable.

With such concept in mind, they attacked educational institutions and all perceived products of western education. They cared not if one was a Christian or a Muslim. They abduct people – particularly school children and try to reeducate them in pure Islamic cultures. They attack government institutions, police posts, churches, markets, and even mosques.

And why do they attack mosques? They believe Muslims have greatly compromised the faith, having given in to western education and as a result, are failing to exert dominant control over the country. They have allowed infidels (Christians) foothold on political power, having allowed two Christian presidents to rule the country almost in a succession (Obasanjo and Jonathan). That was perceived as weakness on the part of Muslims. Hence Boko Haram emerged and sought to take over the country, establish true Islamic caliphate and reeducate citizens in Islamic laws and culture.

And Buhari was all for that. If ever he had issues with Boko Haram it is that the sect had no discrimination in their targets. It targeted everyone in sight, exploding bombs everywhere, even in mosques. Boko Haram was doing this to show their displeasure with the Muslim ummah for allowing infidel leadership for 13 years (Obasanjo 8, Jonathan 5). The worst of it all is the emergence of Ihejirika – a man from an outlawed tribe – as a General in the army, subsequently rising to become the chief of army staff, a position that allowed him to direct war against Boko Haram. As you know, Igbos were never allowed to reach the peak of military ranks in the Nigerian army. As they get to the level where they could be promoted to the top rank, they are immediately retired. Jonathan, out of naivety allowed an Igbo to break that ceiling and even become head of the armed forces. Alex Badeh and some other Christians led the ranks. It seems the cabal were losing grip on power. Jonathan had allowed due process to run its course. They had to do something quickly. So the activities of Boko Haram became intensified.

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Soon as Buhari took over he wasted no time in correcting what was perceived as problems. He ensured all heads of the military are Fulani Muslims. All heads of security agencies are Fulani Muslims. 90% of all federal appointments are Fulani Muslims. Many even are his close relatives.

Having first filled all important positions with his people (as demanded by Boko Haram) he then sent a list of ministerial portfolios to the senate. Igbos and other people of southern Nigeria were urged to be patient that the president still has many vacancies to fill.
 
Then he ordered the military to stop killing Boko Haram. Recall he had attacked former president Goodluck Jonathan while the latter pressed the battle against Boko Haram. He had said “killing Boko Haram members amounts to a declaration of war against the north.” I don't want to connect recent issues where SARS operatives raised alarm that men of the Nigeria military opened fire at them as they launched attack against Boko Haram. I don't even want to also mention Wadume, a notorious kidnapper arrested in the northeast early last year. The police moved him in handcuffs but got attacked by men of the Nigerian army who killed the police officers and released Wadume. Police have since rearrested Wadume, but the case is being handled in absolute secrecy. Truth is Wadume was not just a kidnapper, he was an agent of the cabal ruling Nigeria today. He is a hit-man on the government payroll. Soon as he was rearrested he alleged he worked for the government and was recently paid N13m for his services during 2019 elections.

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Today Boko Haram no longer attacks mosques, police posts, or markets. They no longer abduct or kill Muslims either. They target only Christians now. The concept has changed from “western education is evil” to “death to all Christians.”
Today Boko Haram no longer attacks mosques, police posts, or markets. They no longer abduct or kill Muslims either. They target only Christians now. The concept has changed from “western education is evil” to “death to all Christians.”
The greatest achievement of Buhari’s presidency is that he successfully transformed Boko Haram from fighting against education, educational institutions and products of western education to a full loaded jihad army with one aim – total extermination of Christians. Just recently Rev. Lawan Andimi, CAN chairman, Michika Local government, was abducted and beheaded by Boko Haram. This week a Christian university student, Ropvil, was abducted on his way to class. He has been murdered too.

Report has it that Boko Haram now stops passenger buses, identify Christians and either kill them on the sport or take them away. Muslims get back in and move on. It wasn't so before Buhari came on board. As part of the deal with Boko Haram, Buhari government is freeing hundreds of Boko Haram commanders detained by the very naive Jonathan government. Many of them are being planted into the security services and given rapid promotions. Others are fused into Fulani militias otherwise known as Fulani herdsmen. Both Boko Haram and Fulani militias are now heavily financed by Buhari government in the name of building settlement homes for nomadic herders.  This the state of the nation.

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Saturday, 25 January 2020

Nigeria Government Financing Terror



January 25, 2020

By Christopher O Evans | Biafra Writers

Evidence abound that Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (rtd) government supports terror organizations. First, before he became the president of Nigeria, he was the most vocal advocate of Boko Haram. He attacked the then President Goodluck Jonathan for fighting Boko Haram. Recall that Buhari was quoted by Newsday as declaring the killing of Boko Haram members a declaration of war against the north. He was such a passionate defender of the terror group.

In one of his statements in support of the insurgent’s crude attacks, he addressed the Boko Haram sect as "our misguided brethren," and urged Jonathan's government to begin negotiations with the terror group with an aim to granting them amnesty. Many would still remember that Buhari was emotionally vexed against Yar'dua for granting amnesty to Niger Delta militants. He felt paying N65,000 monthly to repentant militants was cheating to the north. Shortly after his vituperations against amnesty to Niger Delta militants, which helped to significantly lower the spate of attacks in that region, Boko Haram emerged. Many believe Boko Haram is a creation of the north, particularly Buhari, to try to force amnesty payments to northern youths to even the deal.

 Soon as Buhari began preaching and advocating amnesty to Boko Haram, Jonathan expressed willingness to negotiate. But with whom? Jonathan insisted he cannot start a negotiation with faceless persons. Boko Haram then named Buhari to negotiate on their behalf. The significance of the choice of him by Boko Haram is never lost even though he turned it down. Following what looked like imminent monthly amnesty payouts to Boko Haram, northern youths were encouraged to enroll as terror members in order to access the funds. Recruitment centers were opened all over the north. Jonathan, however, didn't follow through because nobody came up to speak for the group. Buhari, originally retired from politics, jumped in back after Yar'dua offered amnesty to Niger Delta militants. His all-consuming passion has always been to right the perceived wrongs against the north. He felt Yar'dua was giving away too much to the south and attacked him every step of the way.

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Buhari is a hardcore Islamic fundamentalist who believes in the old Usman Dan Fodio vision of conquering the whole nation for Allah until he dips the Qur'an in the Atlantic ocean.

So what has Buhari done with power upon grasping it?

1. He took his time to appoint military chiefs, all of whom are Fulani Muslims. He ensured that Fulani took over the police, the immigration, the customs, and all internal securities. He ensured that Fulani took over the NNPC and every lucrative government enterprise in the country.

2. The military underwent the orientation: “Don't kill Boko Haram.” Since his coming to power the military stopped killing Boko Haram. All that you hear is Boko Haram killing soldiers.

3. He struck a deal with Boko Haram which ensures the continuous inflow of hundreds of millions of dollars into the terrorists’ coffers. Under him, Boko Haram are no longer faceless. Consider the speed with which he contacted Boko Haram over Dapchi schoolgirls abduction. The girls were gratuitously returned to Dapchi by Boko Haram themselves amid cheers in less than 24hours. That he has their numbers cannot be argued. He graciously allowed them to keep Leah Sharibu, and allegedly doled out over $500m in ransom. 

4. Fulani herdsmen began to flaunt assault weapons openly, becoming emboldened. They could raze down Christian communities, leaving trail of gruesome massacres while the military and police provide them with cover to ensure reprisal attacks didn't happen. Then they would address press conference to own up the killings and promise more while flanked by the Nigerian police.

5. Buhari refused to acknowledge Boko Haram and Fulani herdsmen are terrorists despite such designation by the world terror index. He argued that the Fulani herdsmen are a sociocultural organization in the mold of Ohaneze and Afenifere, and solicited for their respect.

6. He has rewarded the Fulani militias to the tune of hundreds of millions of dollars.

7. He has freed hundreds of detained terrorists.

8. He has been recruiting the freed terrorists into the army and other of the country’s security forces even as Boko Haram continues abducting and killing Christians.

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If Buhari is not a terrorist, who is he? What name do you give someone who ordered military-killing campaigns against IPOB youths for peacefully agitating for the right to self-determination? What do you call a murderer of the innocent, and protector of criminals and bloodsuckers?

Buhari is living his dream of conquering other tribes for his religion, but what he can never achieve is to stop Biafra from coming. God is turning all his evil plans to Biafra's favor. The whole country is beginning to get Mazi Nnamdi Kanu's message. The southwest, PANDEF, IPOB, are all up on their feet now. The great resistance will soon begin. The zoo is about to collapse.

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Sunday, 19 January 2020

No Progress in the War against Boko Haram - EU

File Photo: President Muhammadu Buhari


January 20, 2020 | The Biafra Times

The European Parliament which is the legislative branch of the European Union (EU), recently suggested that the Nigerian Army and the government had not been telling citizens the whole truth about the fight against terrorism in Nigeria.

This followed the EU parliament’s claim that progress in the fight against terrorism in Nigeria has been stalled.

The army has often made Nigerians believe that Boko Haram and Islamic State of West African Province (ISWAP) were on the verge of being entirely wiped out in the country.

On several occasions, the army had told Nigerians that it was flushing out of the North-East, remnants of the insurgents.

The Nigerian government has maintained a similar stand on the fight against insurgency.

Both the army and the Nigerian government once declared that the terrorist groups had been “technically” defeated.

However, in its resolution of January 16, 2020, the EU parliament said contrary to what Nigerians were being led to believe, there had not been any progress in the war being staged against terrorism in Nigeria.

The EU parliament, condemning the recent attacks in Nigeria, including the slaughtering of 11 Christian captives in the North-East last Christmas, regretted that terror and other attacks in the country had worsened.

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It reiterated its worries over the prolonged crisis in Nigeria and the precarious security condition in the North-East.

It also strongly condemned the frequent “violations of human rights, international and humanitarian law, whether based on religion or ethnicity.”

EU parliament “Condemns, in particular, the recent increase in violence against ethnic and religious communities, including the targeting of religious institutions and worshippers.”

It “deplores that progress has stalled in the fight against Boko Haram, ISWAP and the increased occurrence and severity of suicide attacks and direct attacks against military positions.”

The parliament “Urges the Nigerian authorities to guarantee respect for human rights in the country, and to protect the civilian population from terrorism and violence; insists that such efforts must be conducted in full accordance with respect for human rights and the rule of law, in line with the country’s international obligations.

“Considers any form of the extermination of human beings or ethnic cleansing barbaric and a crime against humanity; urges the Nigerian Government to address the root causes of violence by ensuring equal rights for all citizens and non-discrimination legislation; insists, in this regard, on the need to further promote inter-religious dialogue and the peaceful coexistence of citizens irrespective of their religion, engaging with all relevant stakeholders, including the Nigerian Inter-religious council.”

One of the promises President Muhammadu Buhari made to Nigerians when he came into power in 2015 was that he was going to defeat Boko Haram.

However, the terrorists have continued to exist more than four years after Buhari made the promise.

SOURCE: Ripples Nigeria

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