The All Progressives Congress has urged President Mohammadu Buhari to seek regional support in order to deal with Boko Haram because Nigerian troops cannot defeat Boko Haram alone.
In a statement issued on Saturday by APC’s National Publicity Secretary, Mr. Lai Mohammed, the party said Boko Haram has become and African problem.
The statement read “This is why even in our days in opposition, we advocated a regional solution to the crisis.
“It is baffling that some opposition politicians wanted Nigeria to go it alone against Boko Haram, even as the terrorist group has taken its battle beyond the shores of Nigeria, to such countries as Cameroon, Chad and Niger.
“It is common knowledge that the terrorists use these countries as launch pads for their attacks against Nigeria, and vice versa, and that they routinely engage in cross-boundary raids.
“Also, Boko Haram’s tentacles have spread as far as Mali, the home base of the Movement for the Unity and Jihad in West Africa (MUJAO), a splinter group of the Al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb.
“It is no longer a secret that Boko Haram has now affiliated itself to the Islamic State, seeing itself as the West African chapter of the terror group. How then can Nigeria effectively deal with Boko Haram without seeking the assistance of other concerned countries?”
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