The destructive Boko Haram insurgency group is currently plagued by financial difficulties, the UN Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs, Jeffrey Feltman, has said.

Feltman stated this while briefing the Security Council on the UN Secretary-General’s Fourth Report on the threat the group poses to international peace and security efforts to “check and roll it back” on TuesdayThe UN envoy also noted that Boko Haram was under intense military pressure, but warned against undermining its capacity to launch fatal attacks.

“ISIL-affiliate Boko Haram is attempting to spread its influence and commit terrorist acts beyond Nigeria.

“And Boko Haram remains a serious threat, with several thousand fighters at its disposal.

“It is, however, plagued by financial difficulties and an internal power struggle, and has split in two factions,” Feltman said.

While the previous reports on the subject had focused on South East Asia, Yemen and East Africa, Libya and Afghanistan, the fourth report focused on Europe, North Africa and West Africa.

It noted that ISIL had conducted a range of attacks in Europe since declaring in 2014 its intent to target the region.

Some of these attacks were directed and facilitated by ISIL personnel, while others were enabled by ISIL providing guidance or assistance or were inspired through its propaganda, it said.

The report stated that while the military offensive in Libya had dislodged ISIL from its stronghold Sirte, the group’s threat to Libya and neighbouring countries persists.

“Its fighters, estimated to range from several hundred to 3,000, have moved to other parts of the country.

“ISIL has increased its presence in West Africa and the Maghreb, though the group does not control significant amounts of territory in the region.

“The reported pledge of loyalty to ISIL by a splinter faction of Al-Mourabitoun led by Lehbib Ould Ali may elevate the level of the threat.”

Following the increased military pressure, Feltman said ISIL is now on the defensive militarily in several regions, but was also adapting to military pressure by resorting to covert communications such as the ‘dark web’.

“Although its income and the territory under its control are shrinking, ISIL still appears to have sufficient funds to continue fighting,” he warned.

Feltman noted that ISIL relies mainly on income from extortion and hydrocarbon exploitation, even though resources from the latter are on the decline.

According to him, UN Member States are concerned that ISIL will try to expand other sources of income, such as kidnapping for ransom, and increase its reliance on donations.

“ISIL is adapting in several ways to military pressure, resorting to increasingly covert communication and recruitment methods, including by using the ‘dark web,’ encryption and messengers,” he warned.

The report also noted some of the measures taken by the Member States and the UN, stressing the need to develop sustained and coordinated responses to the grave threat posed by ISIL and associated groups and entities.

Feltman said that there were 19 universal counter-terrorism conventions and protocols, as well as related regional instruments on international terrorism, and relevant UN General Assembly and Security Council resolutions.

“But we need to do more, as Member States continue to face significant challenges to ensure effective international cooperation,” he said.

He warned that foreign terrorist fighters leaving the conflict could pose a grave risk to their homeland or to the countries they are travelling to or transiting through, such as Iraq and Syria’s neighbours, as well as countries in the Maghreb.

“Ultimately, it is the spread and consolidation of peace, security, development and human rights that will most effectively deprive terrorism of the oxygen it needs to survive,” he concluded

Source:
https://www.thecable.ng/hurray-boko-haram-broke

Broke yes, but not yet tired...

Aboki doesn't give up easily..

Source:
http://www.ajayiwrites.com/2017/02/boko-haram-is-broke-un.html

Yes Na.

No money from PDP and NSA again.

All the Chop Make I chop team under GEJ are broke. That is why they are taking advantage of recession to instigate the masses against the Govt.

PDP can not even pay salary.

How do you know? Do you have facts to their financial statement. Broke Ko! Loan ni!. Believe you me, Boko haram na northern agenda. #shikena

Nigeria Army has win the war.They only need to win the peace...God bless NA

How can they be broke when thier financiers re now in apC

Guy above me, we all know PDP was the enabling party as regards to BH. at least Gen Azazi confirmed that.

are they now appealing to the people on boko harram's behalf for fund raising?

So d U N n boko boys now operate d same account.

They should write to their oga in UK hospital to give them loan, better still, shecow should go to RenMoney MFB Ltd

They may be broke financially but they still have the zeal for destruction. It is when there zeal dies before they can be stop.

I still don't understand how this so called UN want us to believe that they dont have contact with this people. According to the popular Yoruba saying, "You are accused of stealing meat, but u deny that u would not steal meat that is salt-less". How in the world did u know that the meat has no salt if u didn't eat out of it". If UN is giving us the financial status of BH, how did they come about this fact? or has BH become a Biz entity that release their financial report? Same thing goes for ISIL, that they have the report from their oil sale and the number of barels sold daily. Its is only a fool that would believe that BH is not a product of international politics that make billions of dollars from wars through provision of sham humanitarian aids , arms procurement and spoils of war like the Oil in iraq and oil & opium in Afghanistan. Now that BH is going down, Herdmens terror is waking up. We have had herdsmen for hundreds of years but the terror they cause have never been this much and are not as sophisticated as what we have now, why now ?? The war that you prophesy on Nigeria will never come to pass by the Grace of God.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sFu5qXMuaJU

They should be, at least there sponsor is critically ill and almost dieing....

Ofcourse , with the change of leadership in the white house Boko Haram is expected to go broke . Those who know know

Not unexpected.... Obama's subversive govt just left and power had returned to where it belongs... THE NORTH

Us are you the one sending money to them? How did you know they are broke?

Boko Haram is broke? Of course they are after all they are Nigerians we are all broke

Some of us are more broke than Stock Brokers

How do you know if you don't have a link with them?

AntiWailer:
Yes Na.

No money from PDP and NSA again.

All the Chop Make I chop team under GEJ are broke. That is why they are taking advantage of recession to instigate the masses against the Govt.

PDP can not even pay salary.

And they are also instigating the Igbos against APC only.
If u look closely.
PDP wailers have successfully turned their new born Igbos to terrorist.

Just look at how they have turned Ipob to a terrorist organization to start burning police stations. Like in that video below. Just to debilitate our government.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5HKcfVgQwX0


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At the end APC will win.

are going by the N200 per bomb saga?
Or are speculating as usual.

All these international keyboard journalist sef?
Are in touch with Boko Haram accountant or they know where they bank their funds?

always jumping to conclusion on a few isolated incident.

however I hope it is true.

Why won't they go broke
Is Buhari still in aso rock?

Okay seen. Next

probably broke because Of their chief financier Medical trip to uk in the Last two weeks.

lol

Who doesn't know this?

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Are they now trying to appeal for funds or what?

So recession still hit demdem

Whats d veracity of diz claim? de kill evryday nd all un can do is analyse dia financial stance

This recession is affecting everybody.

No more oil money for Buhari to fund his killers

hocrusoe:
Us are you the one sending money to them? How did you know they are broke?

how is it your business how they know. Terrorist

IpobExposed:
G

Pls say a prayer for a lost soul