Nigeria: Boko Haram, Jonathan and a Nation Without Empathy

16 February 2014
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Two days ago (on 12th February 2014) in Borno state, the extremist Boko Haram sect killed 60 innocent Nigerians and carted off 24 young girls without any trace. On January 27, the sect murdered no less than 70 innocent Nigerians in cold blood in a series of attacks in Borno and Adamawa states.

On January 14 this year, at least 50 of our compatriots were blown to pieces by a Boko Haram suicide bomber in the heart of Maiduguri, the capital of Borno state. Not too long before then they attacked an army barracks in Borno, killing 200 soldiers, carting off the wives and children of our military personnel and burning the barracks to the ground.

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