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Boko Haram

A Nigerian military court has indicted 15 senior military officers for helping the Takfiri militant group Boko Haram that has kidnapped over 200 schoolgirls.
The Associated Press reported that the 10 generals and five army officers indicted had allegedly provided both arms and intelligence to the extremist group.
“There are a lot of arrests that have been made over some officers who were sabotaging the ongoing counter-insurgency operations.
“The suspects include about 10 generals and other ranks, not to talk of soldiers who have been found culpable of sabotaging our operations,” a military source said, speaking on condition of anonymity.

“They are facing trial before court-martials set up by their divisions; some have been found guilty, and some are still facing trial,” the source added.
The officers have been blamed for providing Boko Haram with the army’s secret plans, leading to the killing of many soldiers.

“They were found guilty of leaking military strategies to the Boko Haram people.
“This was why many soldiers have been ambushed and killed by Boko Haram,” the source stressed.

Many more Nigerian army officers and soldiers are reportedly being tried in military courts.
Boko Haram has recently escalated its campaign of terror, even as Nigerians are holding almost daily protests, demanding the release of the abducted schoolgirls.

On April 14, Boko Haram abducted 276 students from their secondary school in the northeastern town of Chibok, and later threatened to “sell” the girls.
Reports say 57 of the girls managed to escape but 219 are still missing and international efforts to spot and rescue them have failed so far.

This comes as the Organisation of Islamic Co-operation and many Islamic scholars from across the globe have branded the extremist group outlaws, saying Boko Haram’s actions are criminal and have nothing to do with Islam.

“What they are doing is a criminal act, it has absolutely nothing to do with Islam,” OIC Secretary General Eyad Ameen Madani said on Monday during a meeting with Nigerian president Goodluck Jonathan in the country’s capital Abuja.

Boko Haram — whose name means “Western education is forbidden” — says its goal is to overthrow the Nigerian government. — Press TV.