Nigeria: Mefor - Political Dimensions of Nigeria's Insurgency

3 December 2014
opinion

INSURGENCY in Nigeria has very deep political foundations, which is making dealing with it rather a complex, intricate and delicate matter. The connections are such that much of these political dimensions form an indirect funding for the Boko Haram insurgency. Those who provide these funds do not necessarily have to know or worry about what ends the insurgents apply them, so far the main intended political goals are accomplished.

Many inaccurately state that northern politicians formed Boko Haram. This claim is far from the truth, for no sane politician would contrive a force as deadly as Boko Haram, which is like ISIS, Al Qaeda or Al Shabab, the three other international terrorist organisations that rank close in viciousness, network and interest as Boko Haram. The originators of Boko Haram unsurprisingly courted politicians for the same political reasons. It is, therefore, a symbiotic relationship, which needs to be understood in the hope of dealing with it.

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