It is believed that Boko Haram have up to 60,000 fighters

A source close to the Boko Haram sect revealed  to The Nation newspaper startling information about the sect and why they seem to be having an upper hand in the on going war.

 

He said the sect can boast of 60,000 fighter including underage insurgents.

 

He said. '' “Boko Haram has nearly 10,000 ideological army and over 50,000 conscripts, including 40 per cent underage. We are not even counting numerous sect members in Abuja, Kano, Bauchi and in different parts of Nigeria, West Africa and as far as Sudan.  “Most of them prefer to die in battle than to be back to their camps safely due to the endemic indoctrination within the cult group.   “This is the reason why I always say here and everywhere that this crisis is far from over. The only thing for now: is  Allah to protect us and unite us to defeat our enemies.” 

  

 he sect is also said to be operating active cells in Kogi, Lagos with many members in Abuja, Kano, Bauchi and in different parts of the country, West Africa and as far as Sudan''.

 

He added, “The crisis is far more serious than it is being reported. Last week, my father’s friend and former DSS colleague was slaughtered by Boko Haram in Hawul, his son drove to the scene to pick his father’s corpse and he was killed too.  “Yes, they are now in Hawul, few kilometres to Biu. My mum’s twin sister have been missing for the past two days, she ran away from Boko Haram to the bush in Garkida. Many of my relatives have fled to the mountains, some barefooted. Nigeria is at war.  “There is indeed a silent humanitarian emergency in the North-East that is being shielded from the rest of the world.”

He therefore called on all Nigerians irrespective of their political views, language or ethnicity to come together and address the insurgency in the North Eastern part of Nigeria.  He said Gwosa, Sambia and the Mandara mountains are the abode of the insurgents.  That until these places are taken/captured it will be difficult to bring their activities under control.

 

He called on the Federal Government to determine what is fuelling the insurgency.   He said,

 

When I spoke to the Commander-In-Chief in May/ June, I saw the level of his ignorance, I was alarmed. This ignorance is not only with the president alone, even our religious and traditional leaders in the north have continued to miss the live wire that feeds the insurgency.  “We have reached a stage where we can no longer manage this problem, not only because of an important leader like Jonathan but he inherited failed institutions. 

 

“Today, Boko Haram and IS are in contact and people are even surprised when it was confirmed yesterday. But some of us said it repeatedly in the media. This is a problem that needs all Nigerians to be on board. I blame the National Assembly the most for not insisting on accountability from the military and the executive arm. Alas, they are equally not accountable to Nigerians.  “The people in the North-East do not care about the conspiracy theories we peddle here, they just want to survive another horrifying day.”