West and Central African leaders have agreed to wage a "total war" on the extremist sect, Boko Haram, responsible for the abduction of over 250 school girls from Borno State, and the deaths of more than 12,000 Nigerians.
At a security summit in the French capital, Paris, Saturday, attended by President Goodluck Jonathan, the leaders of Chad, Niger, Benin, and Cameroon, agreed to share intelligence, and co-ordinate action against the group which is based in northeast Nigeria, but has operated somewhat freely in northwest Cameroon, parts of Chad and Niger.
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