"Where does Boko Haram gets its money from?" - Terrence McCoy

The Islamist terror group’s recent attacks in Nigeria are notable for the expensive military hardware in display. Terrence McCoy reports on the sources of this money, from wealthy Middle Eastern backers to the black market

If there was an exact moment that the international community understood the breadth of Boko Haram’s evil, it came last month, when the group’s leader grinned and announced that he would sell more than 200 kidnapped schoolgirls in his “market of selling human beings”.

CNN's Jim Clancy backs GEJ not visiting Chibok, says its risky

One of CNN's respected news anchor, Jim Clancy has supported President Jonathan not going to Chibok, tweeting that the president can act without traveling there.

There were reports that GEJ was to visit Chibok - the site where over 200 Nigerians girls were abducted last month, en route to a conference in France on Friday, but the President never visited Chibok - with reports claiming it was for security reasons.

Buhari's Statement On Chibok Incidence And Boko Haram

 

Here is what General Muhammad Buhari has to say about Chibok abduction and Boko Haram, given international assistance:

"Over the past few weeks, the abduction of the school girls at Chibok, Borno State has underscored the threat we have been facing as a nation in recent times from the actions of misguided persons masquerading as adherents of Islam.
Our hearts are with families who have lost loved ones in this cycle of senseless violence. We also empathize with the parents of children whose daughters are in the custody of a group of anarchists.