It has been now more than ten years, and the insecurity is becoming bigger."Īudu Bulama Bukarti, a security analyst specialized in violent extremist groups in sub-Saharan Africa at the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change, said no one could blame the communities for expressing their anger and frustrations. "There is no need to say the government is underperforming. "The killings and the kidnappings of worshippers in Kanoma, Zamfara State and the slaughter of peasant farmers in cold blood, are another appraisal of what is happening," Faruq told DW. "The last week was largely an appraisal of the performance of the president or the current administration in terms of security," Awwal Faruq, a Nigerian security analyst, said. In a series of tweets, President Muhammadu Buhari condemned what he described as "insane and senseless killings by terrorists." Read more: Nigeria: Dozens killed in terrorist attack Buhari's strong reaction Edward Kallon, the UN humanitarian coordinator in Nigeria, said he was concerned about reports of women being kidnapped. The United Nations said gunmen brutally killed "tens" of civilians and wounded many other workers who were harvesting rice in Koshobe village, near Maiduguri, capital of Borno State. Read more: Nigeria: Boko Haram killed 76 farmers in Borno State Last weekend's slaughter of civilians by jihadists, for which Boko Haram has now claimed responsibility, has raised questions on Buhari's ability to fulfill his promises. Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari came to power promising to defeat the Boko Haram insurgency and end the insecurity in Nigeria's restive northeastern region.įive years after Nigerians swore in Buhari as president of Africa's most populous nation, an Islamist insurgency in the north, armed banditry and insecurity remain a huge challenge.
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