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Last Update: Thursday, 16 May 2013 KSA 15:30 - GMT 12:30
Nigeria begins offensive against Islamist insurgents
Thursday, 16 May 2013
The military has launched a sweeping operation to flush out fighters from Boko
Haram, a radical group. (File photo: AFP)
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AFP, Kano -
More than 2,000 Nigerian troops have begun an offensive to retake
territory seized by Islamist insurgents in the remote northeast, some of them
raiding camps in a game reserve, a military source told AFP
Thursday.
The military has launched a sweeping operation to
flush out fighters from Boko Haram, a radical group which says it wants
to create an Islamic state in northern Nigeria.
The offensive
follows an admission by President Goodluck Jonathan that Boko Haram had
“taken over” parts of the northeast and declared war against the
Nigerian government, prompting him to impose emergency measures in three
states.
A military source who requested anonymity told AFP
that operations had started in at least one area of Borno state, the
epicenter of the insurgency.
“Our men raided some terrorist
camps in the Sambisa Game Reserve,” in northern Borno, early on
Wednesday, he said. In January, the military stormed Boko Haram training
facilities in the same area.
The source added that 2,000
troops had been deployed to Borno but declined to comment on the number
of forces sent to the two other affected states, Yobe and Adamawa.
Army spokesman Brigadier General Ibrahim Attahiru refused to discuss figures.
Residents in all three states have reported seeing an increased number of
military personnel.
Zangina Kyarimi, who lives in the remote town of Marti in northern
Borno towards the border with Chad, told AFP that “large military teams”
arrived late Wednesday.
“I saw dozens of military vans and
trucks accompanied by tanks,” he said by phone from the town which is
considered a Boko Haram stronghold.
‘We are afraid’
“We are afraid of what might happen in the coming days. We are thinking of
leaving.
The security forces on Thursday told banks to close in the town of
Gashua in Yobe state, where suspected Boko Haram fighters attacked the
police and a series of buildings on April 26, resident Musa Saminu said.
“Around 30 military vans passed through the town...They were
heavily armed. Some of them went to the banks and asked them to close
down as a precaution,” he told AFP.
Red Cross spokesman Nwakpa
O. Nwakpa said the organization was prepared to offer relief to
civilians impacted by the military operation.
Nigeria’s
security forces have been accused of massive rights abuses in campaigns
against Boko Haram, which may have amounted to crimes against humanity,
according to Human Rights Watch.
The US State Department on
Wednesday warned that any “heavy-handed” tactics or disregard for human
rights during the emergency operations could damage bilateral relations.
While the military has vowed that the operation will “rid the
nation's border territories of terrorist bases,” there are questions as
to whether enhanced force can end the insurgency.
The
northeastern borders with Cameroon, Chad and Niger are porous, with
criminal groups and weapons moving freely between countries.
Boko Haram entrenched itself in the expansive region due to a relatively
modest military presence and despite the boosted number of troops some
analysts believe the Islamists will be able to spread out and find safe
havens.
Boko Haram has carried out scores of attacks across
northern and central Nigeria since 2010, but experts say that in recent
months the Islamists have become better armed and better funded.
The group is believed to be led by Abubakar Shekau, declared a global
terrorist by the United States, but the extent of his control is
unclear.
Shekau has rejected any form of negotiation with Nigeria’s government.
The Boko Haram conflict is estimated to have cost 3,600 lives since 2010,
including killings by the security forces.
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