Nigeria: Still Playing Dangerous Politics With Boko Haram

9 January 2013

For the umpteenth time President Goodluck Jonathan has seized the opportunity of his attendance at a church service to reassure Nigerians that the end of Boko Haram insurrection in Nigeria is well nigh. This time it was a service on the last Sunday of last year at the Ekklisiya Yan Uwa a Nigeria (EYN), in Abuja, to mark the end of 2012.

"We are," he told the congregation, "suppressing the insurgency. For instance, before Christmas, we were told the whole of Abuja will be burned down, including Maiduguri, among others. Though we had some incidents but they were minimized... I assure you the excesses of Boko Haram will be brought to a reasonable control in 2013."

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