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I never said anything remotely like that. Please do not put words in my mouth.

I am merely saying that this:

by giving reasons as to why terrorist activities flourish in Syria and Iraq and then saying that Nigeria didn't have such reasons you were certainly inferring that point,

is a terrible comparison because the situation is very different.

Both have failed spectacularly, but for different reasons.

Indeed the situations are different, but its not like Nigeria is fighting another nations military. At the end of the day Nigeria is fighting terrorism, infact they are (after BH's allegiance to ISIS) fighting the 'same' terrorist group that the West+allies and Russia+allies are fighting, and Nigeria has had more success in its fight than those countries has had. So while there doesn't seem to be an end in sight for the insurgency, Nigeria has successfully moved beyond the point of Boko Haram being an major force capable of holding territory.

 

[Daria]

Nigerian government issues a statement claiming Boko Haram is planning another mass kidnapping.

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, said this in a statement issued in Abuja by his Special Adviser on Media, Mr Segun Adeyemi.

“Boko Haram terrorists who have been beaten and put on the run by the military, are planning another sensational abduction of pupils/students or foreigners in a desperate effort to raise funds, through ransom, for food, medical and arms supply,’’ he said.

Mohammed said the planned abduction was in line with the terrorists’ new modus operandi of focusing on soft targets, having been routed from their stronghold and their capacity to stage spectacular attacks substantially degraded.