The Abubakar Shekau-led faction of Boko Haram on released a video showing members claiming to be from Niger State. BokoHaram Shekau Niger Insurgency ISWAP Nigeria
The Abubakar Shekau-led faction of Boko Haram on released a video showing members claiming to be from Niger State.
“The dense forest there is a perfect haven for terrorists and if the group is able to consolidate its presence in Niger, it can easily target Abuja as well as to other states like Kwara and Kogi,” Bulama Bukarti, an analyst at the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change in London, said while reacting to the video.
Since January 2019 thousands of people in the north-west states of Kaduna, Katsina, Sokoto and Zamfara have been killed or injured. Others have lost their livelihoods, at least 23 000 have been displaced and dozens have been abducted for ransom, nurturing an economy of violence, ISS Africa reported.
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