Welcome, Guest: Register On Nairaland / LOGIN! / Trending / Recent / NewStats: 3,190,644 members, 7,941,493 topics. Date: Friday, 06 September 2024 at 08:14 AM |
Nairaland Forum / Nairaland / General / Politics / Boko Haram Weakened - French General Jean-pierre Palasset (693 Views)
Nigeria Will Not Breakup But Weakened For Direct Exploitation / Jonathan Dozed Off At Convention, His Control Of PDP Significantly Weakened! / Gov. Amaechi Weakened, Jonathan Can Now Sleep Well, Says PDP (2) (3) (4)
(1) (Reply)
Boko Haram Weakened - French General Jean-pierre Palasset by Rikidony(m): 4:05pm On Oct 27, 2014 |
French general is sure that Boko Haram sect is showing early signs of weakening. Speaking with Reuters October 26, General Jean-Pierre Palasset shared the opinion that the terrorists’ strength peaked, even despite the fact that after the announcement of the alleged ceasefire on October 17, Boko Haram carried out several deadly raids. According to him, Borno State capital Maiduguri was in danger of having been captured by the insurgents last month, however since then the situation has changed. “The pressure’s coming off near Maiduguri. Apart from a few border villages Boko Haram is very much contained in Borno.” Palasset leading France’s Operation Barkhane focuses on fighting Islamic militants in the Sahel a sparsely populated arid strip running the breadth of West Africa. Additionally, they conduct surveillance on Boko Haram whose stronghold is located not far from their base. Palasse mentioned however that they do not indulge into military action, which can only be done on the order from Paris. It would be recalled that last month numerous reports said that Boko Haram plan to seize Maiduguri, after they had captured scores of communities in the North-East states. Following this Nigerian military and the terrorists carried out continued counter-attacks, as a result of which some towns were recaptured. October 17 the Nigerian authorities and Boko Haram allegedly concluded a ceasefire agreement , according to which more than 200 Chibok abducted in April would also be released. What was expected to be a peace deal, was followed by several attacks, which cast a doubt on the agreement effectiveness. http://www.naij.com/312018-boko-haram-weakened-french-general-jean-pierre-palasset.html |
Re: Boko Haram Weakened - French General Jean-pierre Palasset by vicadex07(m): 4:12pm On Oct 27, 2014 |
Have they released the chibok girls yet. I heard today is the set date for there release |
Re: Boko Haram Weakened - French General Jean-pierre Palasset by noblealuu: 4:17pm On Oct 27, 2014 |
vicadex07: I'm waiting patiently to give them a welcome hug them! |
(1) (Reply)
Africa's Young Entrepreneurs & International Investors To Support & Fund Young N / You’re A Disgrace To Governance, Lawyer Keyamo Tells Governor Uduaghan / Why FG May Not Crush Boko Haram– Ubani
(Go Up)
Sections: politics (1) business autos (1) jobs (1) career education (1) romance computers phones travel sports fashion health religion celebs tv-movies music-radio literature webmasters programming techmarket Links: (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) Nairaland - Copyright © 2005 - 2024 Oluwaseun Osewa. All rights reserved. See How To Advertise. 9 |