Boko Haram is considered a major potential terrorist threat affecting, Nigeria
and other countries. Not only Nigerian
assessment, U.S officials believer it is potentially allied with
AI qaeda.U.S Africa command
(AFRICOM) commander general carter F
Harm sated in September 2011 that three
African terrorist groups such Shabab of Somalia, Al qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb across the Sahel region, and Boko Haram- “have very
explicitly and publicly voiced an intent
to target westerners, and the
U.S specifically” and that he was
concerned
with the voiced intent of the three organizations to more
closely collaborate and synchronize
their efforts.
General
ham reiterated his concern after the Christmas day 2011 bombings of churches in Nigeria “ I remain greatly concerned about their
stated intent to connect with Ai Qaeda in the land of the Islamic
Maghreb”
Furthermore, the U.S house of representation
subcommittee on counter terrorism and
intelligence urged the Obama
administration and U.S
intelligence community in
November 2011 to focus an Boko Haram as a potential threat
to united state territory
At
home, Nigeria’s formal national security, adviser, general Owoye Andrew Azazi,
has been working with other Africa governments, European and middle eastern governments and the U.S government to built cooperation against Boko Haram. he participated in a cia conference at about the same time. after
the Christmas 2011
bombings carried out by Boko
Haram, president arrack Obamas office issued a statement that confirmed that the US AND Nigeria were cooperating at a senior level
against the terrorist group called Boko
Haram.
Currently, in March
2012, it was reported that book
Harm had taken a strategy to simulate
convoys of high profile Nigerian to access target buildings that are secured
with fortifications
It was also
gathered that Boko Harm
uses internet to propagate its activities and enhance its
radicalization and circulation
of extremist ideologies
Boko Haram is reportedly
planning to realty increase its
following in many states. Talk of
Naija reported that Boko Haram has been involved in a recruitment
drive, and they are allegedly treating
Muslims between ages of 17 and
30, and have also been recruiting
freed prisoners through prison breaks
Groups sources of funding
In February
2012, recently arrested officials revealed that ‘ while the organization
initially levied on donations from
members, its links with Ai Qaeda in the
Islamic Magherb, AQIM, opened it up
to more funding from groups in
Saudi Arrabia and U.K it also includes the Al mnutada
trust fund and the Islamic world
society. A spokesman of book Harma
also claimed that Kano state governor Ibrahim Shekarau and Banchi state
governors ISA Yaguda had been paying the Boko Haram members
monthly