Since the
inception of the Buhari led government of Nigeria, the Zambisa forest infamous
for being the fortress and hiding place for the terror group Boko Haram has
been reported to have been systematically combed and occupied by the Nigerian
Army, which meant that the terror group has fled the area and peace has
returned to the Northeast of Nigeria.
Varying
reports suggest that the battle against Boko Haram in Nigeria has been won and
the previously incessant mass killings and bombings in the northeast region
have come to an end and no longer would Nigerians deal with videos of Abubakar
Shekau, his AK 47 and chewing stick posing in front of heavy military artillery
and taunting the authorities and threatening mass killings and striking terror
in the hearts of Nigerians.
However, the
presence of Boko Haram is “alive and kicking” figuratively in the South-eastern
region of neighbouring Niger-Republic, a country who have shared the horrors of
Boko Haram with Nigeria since the emergence of the terror group. Boko Haram has
been known to shuttle between the borders of Niger-Republic to the south-east
and Nigeria to the north-east.
It appears
that there is a quest for the terror group to find a new base in Niger-Republic
from where it can establish itself and launch terror across the Chad basin and
Nigeria on a systematic and sophisticated manner. A “safe-haven” that can serve
as their new frontline, since Zambisa has been taken off them, it appears that
the town of Bosso is the favoured “hot spot”.
