ASSESSMENT OF BOKO HARAM IN NIGERIA


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
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