Yesterday, I was telling those countries bothering Nigeria to be wary of Boko Haram and the intensions of the group who start by masquerading as friends but end up as foes. Today the news is out that Boko Haram has now intensified their incursions into the Cameroon, attacking, killing and kidnapping. They have even gone as far as kidnapping the wife of the Vice Premier of Cameroon and her house help, both women.

Very soon, Boko Haram will become a West African problem. This is because, if you are their friend today, and tomorrow speak out against their atrocities, whether you are their sponsor, god father, or the country that once supported them, they will turn ferociously against you. They do not like criticisms. You are either a friend or foe to them, a supporter, or one to be mauled down and savagely killed.

They are still in Nigeria. Their plan being that if they can bring Nigeria to her knees, Chad, Niger and Cameroon will be easy taking. Now that these three countries are teaming with Nigeria to wade off Boko Haram, these countries will now be getting a taste of Boko Haram’s high-handedness.

Once again, let me remind the world that the insurgency of the Islamic crusaders is spreading. Shall we stand by and watch them get out of control?

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Boko Haram is beginning to implode! Some of those we suspect are their sponsors and god fathers, who have now lost control of the imbeciles, who are since marauding beyond their mandates, are now on the run from their out of control monsters. It is the law of nature. What goes round, comes round. He that kills by the sword, dies by the sword. Only a few of them are now on the run, the rest will also be caught up in this deadly web that they have crafted. I suspect that they are now prisoners of their own making, prisoners in their homes, wondering when it will be their turn.

Boko Haram is now under the control of a more deadly affiliation which spurs them on, and makes them believe that they have a righteous cause, that makes them believe that they will die and go to heaven in clothes dripping with the blood of murdered innocents.

The Nigerian supporters may be dolling out the cash, but the push and instructions are coming from beyond Nigeria. In fact, they are now making serious incursions into those other countries bothering Nigeria. We hear about their fight with the Cameroonian army, who is resisting Boko Haram’s attempt in creating a safe heaven there. They have been in and out of Cameroon before, until Cameroon realized that these people are not friends, but foes.

The other countries bothering Nigeria, Chad and Niger who in the past gave them a free way are also finally realizing that Boko Haram is a foe, a common foe.

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Let me diverge a little today. I know for sure, that America, after the 911, has developed eyes everywhere that are watching, trailing and monitoring movements, actions, and even thoughts if she could, of all citizens in America and even beyond. We say in Nigeria, when criminals go undetected, when criminals are let free to commit the same crime again, when known criminals are allowed to compete and win elections, sometimes while still serving prison sentences, that this could only happen in Nigeria.

In the same vein, when we hear that a Nigerian has committed an offense in American, and is caught, we say that the criminal thinks that he is in Nigeria, where criminals almost, always go unpunished.
Yesterday, I wrote about the need for the world to keep a vigilant watch on the activities of the Islamic insurgency in the world, to control it now as it continues to spread, and today, when I read about a new group, deadlier than Al-Qaida, threatening the President of America, telling him that they are coming for him, my first thought was that, these are demented idiots! Do they think that America is their countries where crimes go undetected?

The abduction of our girls in Nigeria would have been swept under the carpet had it not gone global. It would have been business as usual in Nigeria. Thankfully, not this time.

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About time! It took Boko Haram’s incursions into countries bordering Nigeria for the government of those countries to realize that Boko Haram could end up not just being Nigeria’s problem. News has it that Boko Haram has gone into these countries and left behind their hallmarks, and these countries, Chad, Niger, and Cameroon have now teamed up with Nigeria to stop the marauders before they become too strong for their countries to handle. Something Nigeria should have done as soon as those ruffians reared their heads.

The important thing is that there is now an overwhelming feeling and assurance by all concerned with finding and freeing those girls, that they will not be forgotten, that they will be found and freed.

With neighboring countries to Nigeria, now closing in on Boko Haram, and with all the forces which we are told are on the ground also moving in on them, my prayer is that very soon, we should have cause for celebration. I pray that it will be really soon.

No member of the group should be allowed to escape when the times comes, so that they will never again regroup. The scourge of Islamic uprising and their spread throughout the world should be stopped. The world should not stand by and let this continue.

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When I read this morning that 9 Nigerian students have been abducted in Ukraine, I thought that someone was trying to crack a joke, but it is true. Nine Nigerian students have really been abducted in Ukraine, no explanations given, no reasons given. It baffles me how Nigerians can always find their way into every nook and corner of this world. There is nowhere you do not find them, and there is also no kind of trouble they do not get involved in. I don’t know why my people are such wondering and restless souls. Until we have more information about this new abduction, I will be left with just scratching my head and wondering.

Mr. Brown, the former Prime Minister of Britain, yesterday in his interview with Katie Couric assured us of efforts on the ground in Nigeria by many foreign countries who have now converged in search of the abducted girls. Most importantly, he said that the search will not stop until the girls are found and freed. This is the best news, from a former head of State that we can rely on. I could hear the urgency in his voice as he spoke, and that gives me the courage and momentum to continue harping on the disappearance of those girls.

The President of Nigeria also gave similar promises to the parents of the girls when he finally met with them, but I cannot rely on his promises. Anyone who took that long to right a wrong cannot be trusted, but let us wait and see what he does.

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The wait for the return of our girls is simply unbearable! If it feels that way to me, it must be hell for the parents of the girls. We hear that some of them are so overwhelmed that they are dying. The pain is excruciating!

I am encouraged this morning after listening to the interview of Katie Couric with Mr. Brown, the former Prime Minister of Britain, to learn that the fate of our girls will never be forgotten until they return. This has been my stand and belief all along. So, it is very comforting to know that the world is now paying a serious attention to the problem of Boko Haram in Nigeria, that the world is now seeing this problem as part of a global problem for girls.

Although Boko Haram, in their wildest dream, cannot stop education, especially education for girls, they must not be allowed to disrupt it. It is ignorance that makes a group of illiterates think that denying women education will make them super humans able to subjugate women, because that’s all there is to it, the subjugation of women. It is sad to watch these men who have turned into blood thirsty animals, men with little or no education, men who do not know the value of education, maraud about killing, destroying, and claiming to destroy something they do not even understand.

The girls will be rescued, and Boko Haram will be destroyed. That is the only sane way that this whole drama should end.

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Each morning, I wake up, and scan the news papers hoping that it will be the day that I will fire off the fireworks in celebration for the return of our girls. Each morning, I find instead more sad news about the exploits of Boko Haram. Now that they are getting a lot of notice, now that they know that the whole world is watching them, they want to let the world know that they are invincible. Today we hear that they have sacked and taken over a whole village, a village emptied by them as all the villager were either killed or escaped into bushes and neighboring towns. They have hoisted their black flag at this captured town. So now what?

People are gradually describing Boko Haram’s violence in Nigeria and against Nigerians as Nigeria’s war, instead of what it really is. Nigeria is experiencing an invasion, and incursion of some militant elements from outside Nigeria into Nigeria. So far, the Nigerian Military has shown weakness in dealing with this invading marauders, a situation which is inexcusable under any circumstance. The big security bosses are so desensitized because of their enormous corruption and false sense of power that they think they are above scrutiny.

These corrupt and myopic leaders cannot not see the danger at the door. Little by little the invaders are chipping off the Nigerian territory for themselves, and still they do not see the need to jump into action and stop this new turn of events before it gets out of control.

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Now, everybody seems to be playing politics with the abducted girls instead of seriously looking for ways to free them. Their abduction has given Boko Haram the exposure they desperately sought, so now keeping the girls and dangling them in front of the whole world, and swearing on their heads, has kept the world focused on their activities. This is politics.
The Military’s leg dragging, delays, and prolonged inability in finding and releasing the girls, which we now know is for the personal gains of the generals, is politics.

Even the failure of the government in tackling the abduction at the beginning with force, and in stopping Boko Haram on its tracks is also politics of a dubious type. President Jonathan, from the very beginning of the Boko Haram saga, held the opinion that the Northerners were using Boko Haram to discredit him, and unseat him as president. It is also common knowledge that some Northern power houses had threatened to make his presidency an uneasy one. Plus the fact that the activities of Boko Haram has so far, been concentrated in the North, the President seems to be telling the Northerners to boil in their own soup. That too is politics.

Whatever the case may be, President Jonathan is in charge, and this whole thing is taking place under his watch, and he is to blame for all the discrepancies. He has failed to show leadership.

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Our girls are still missing. The government is still not providing answers as to where they are held, when they will be released, and how soon they will come home. Instead, we see a lot of bickering going on between the government and some activists who are demanding action from the government, about whether the case of the girls has now become political or not. An argument that only begs the issue, and delays the finding and releasing the girls.

No wonder the help promised by the international community in finding the girls is yielding no results. The Military must be thinking that the promised help means that they should be sit tight and let the outsiders do the job for them. The generals in their air conditioned offices probably see this as their chance of becoming even richer than they already are. A prolonged search means more money will be allocated, the generals will stuff their pockets more, badly armed, ill fed, and disillusioned army will be sent out to face the marauders, and the overall result, failure. Back to the drawing board, and everything repeats itself. The top shots are probably making sure that this drama never ends.

My heart goes out for those girls, because they are not only dealing with their captors, they are also dealing with the ineptitude of a government and the criminal minds of top security officers they depend on to save them.

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It has become very difficult to sifter the truth from what is happening, and the attempts of the Nigerian Military and the authorities to cover up, and claim victory over Boko Haram. The bombing in Lagos is still undergoing claims and counter claims of who really is responsible, Boko Haram, or the hand of God. Boko Haram claims they did it, a very belated claim, and the authorities claim otherwise. Who do we believe?

Recently, the Military claimed to have fought back an attack of Boko Haram to their base, killing a good number of the attackers, but the villagers are telling a different story. According to them, the Military fled their camp, and Boko Haram has continued to rebuff their attempt to return to their base. Again, who do we believe?

It is important to state again that Nigeria is not at war, but she is being stoked to go to war by some invisible elements who think that they can benefit if Nigeria goes to war. These elements are investing heavily in the bloody activities of Boko Haram, by using a bunch of illiterate fools to do their dirty job, hoping in the end to reap from it. Unfortunately, all they have succeeded in doing is to discredit the government as a government without backbone.
The President has already lost control of the North, he better not lose control of the South. The girls are still missing…

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