Remnants of the Islamic State insurgency known as Boko Haram are moving to take over the Nigerian state neighboring the federal capital, according to security experts in the region. This development may be another step in the break up of the Nigerian state, say some observers.
“I have proof as the executive chairman and chief security officer of the Local Government [of Shiroro County] that Boko Haram has exclusively taken over four of the eight wards in Shiroro Local Government,” Suleiman Chukuba told reporters in Minna, capital of Niger State, on Sept. 30. “The Boko Haram and bandits together have taken over the eight wards of the local government which are made of about 500 communities,” he said.
