Al-Qaeda is penetrating North West region of Nigeria – US government alerts Nigerian government
The United States government says members of the deadly Al-Qaeda insurgent group have started penetrating the North-Western part of Nigeria.
The Cable reports that Dagvin Anderson, commander of the US special operations command, Africa, made this known during a press briefing. According to the report, Anderson said
“We have engaged with Nigeria and continue to engage with them in intel sharing and in understanding what these violent extremists are doing. And that has been absolutely critical to their engagements up in the Borno state and into an emerging area of northwest Nigeria that we’re seeing al-Qaida starting to make some inroads in.
“So, this intelligence sharing is absolutely vital and we stay fully engaged with the government of Nigeria to provide them an understanding of what these terrorists are doing, what Boko Haram is doing, what ISIS-West Africa is doing, and how ISIS and al-Qaida are looking to expand further south into the littoral areas.”
Speaking further, Anderson said
“We as a community of international nations, keep thinking we have defeated them or we have put them on their back foot and that they’re just moments from disintegration.”
I think there’s two factors in that. One, it goes to show that each government has to focus on this and provide that focus for international partners to engage with. The other part of this is we can’t underestimate the threat these violent extremist organizations pose. We, as a community of international nations, keep thinking we have defeated them or we have put them on their back foot and that they’re just moments from disintegration.
I think after 20 years we have seen they are very resilient organizations that, although small, they’re able to leverage social media and other forms of media to have an outsized voice and that they continue to recruit and they continue to find opportunities.”
Anderson’s comment comes amidst an increasing number of security breaches in many parts of the country.
Our securities are not good in intelligent gathering at all, they ought to have found out this and take steps but they are just engaging in physical fighting. They should do more.
They should man our porous border to prevent them entering more into our country.
God please help us in this country
This is really fearful
I thought the Nigeria government said they have already defeated bokoharam technically
Maybe you guys want the president or presidency as the case may be to faint. Boko Haram, Bandits, Herdsmen, Kidnappers are giving them tough bone to chew and you are alerting them of another terrorist group, one of the most deadly at that, penetrating the country. The north is in serious trouble and mess, and the presidency seems to be lost on what to do about the worsening situation. I will rule, i want to rule, its my birthrite to rule But when rule is thrown at your doorstep, you become senile, incompetent and unaware of happenings in the country as terrorists run rings and kill people at wil,l while the C-in-C of armed forces cocooned himself in the comfort of Aso rock
God help us
Nigeria is in trouble
We can’t conquer boko Haram talkless of Al qaeder
We should be careful
God go help us for this country
God help us
We should put our trust on God ooh base on this pressent stitulation ooh
God should help us ooh abeg