US Secretary of State, John Kerry, Goofed In Nigeria

by Eze Eluchie,

By his itinerary and comments during his recent junket to Nigeria, United States Secretary of State, John Kerry, merely underscored the reasons why the Barrack Obama presidency has been such a catastrophic failure in the area of Foreign Affairs and International relations.

The slant in persons and locations visited and the underlining hypocritical advice (to Nigeria) to apply ‘diplomacy’ in dealing with terror are clear recipes for domestic disaster.

These were the same mannerisms and dubious mindsets which led the Obama administration under the Hillary Clinton tenure as Secretary of State to term Boko Haram a 'socio-economic reaction to economic marginalization' and thus refuse to treat BH as a Foreign Terrorist Organization - under such warped thinking, Al Qaeda and ISIS should be treated as mere affiliates of the Boys Scout movement!

The Obama administration appears intent on exporting its cohort with proponents of extremist Islamist philosophies across the African continent – consorting with the Buhari regime which rode into power in Nigeria on the back of Boko Haram terror attacks and meetings with Islamist leaders in Nigeria some of whom (such as Mr. Sa’adu Abubakar alias Sultan of Sokoto) had within the past few days asserted that ‘Christians commit wicked acts such as crimes against humanity’, as Kerry did during his last visit, without even trying to understand or meet the victims of Islamist extremism in Nigeria, ultimately is a disservice to the United States and hurts US interests and image.

If Mr. Kerry's visit is indicative of what a President Obama's visit would have looked like, then Nigerians of goodwill should be celebrating the failure of Obama to visit Nigeria throughout his tenure.

http://thenationonlineng.net/can-faults-kerrys-visit/

Picture: US Secretary of State, John Kerry with his primary host during his recent visit to Nigeria, ruler of Nigeria’s Fulani Muslims, Mr. Sa'adu Abubakar alias Sultan of Sokoto.

“800 Boko Haram Terrorists Surrender in Nigeria” – tell that to the marines

 by Eze Eluchie,

The announcement by Nigeria’s Director of Defence Information, Brigadier General Rabe Abubakar, that over 800 Boko Haram terrorists have ‘voluntarily surrendered’ to government forces serve to  crystallizes the reality (even to the most optimistic) that the entire Boko Haram facade was a political charade.

800 Boko Haram terrorists voluntarily surrender to Nigeria Government forces? I guess the Muhammadu Buhari-led junta and our Defence authorities should share this unique experience with Western powers who are forever trying to contain ISIL, Al Qeida, Al Nusra, Hamas and other extremist Islamist terror organizations – one does not need to be a soothsayer to predict that both Barack Obama and his French counterpart and virtually all the leaders in the European Union states would give an arm and a leg for the trailblazing strategy which these characters ruling over the Nigerian contraption adopted to get their erstwhile extremist Islamist jihadist to ‘voluntarily surrender’.

Really? Is the world to applaud this remarkable feat and just wish away the fact that these terrorists were the same bunch who massacred so many, beheaded hundreds, bombed Christian places of worship killing and maiming several thousands in the process; bombed and destroyed the United Nations main office building in Abuja killing several UN personnel and guests in that dastardly attack; and committed other acts of mass attrocities including the Chibok ‘abductions’?

To sweeten the announcement, General Rabe Abubakar further pronounced that the ‘repentant terrorists’ were in a camp in Gombe waiting to be ‘deradicalized’! De-radicalization in Nigeria? Wow! Presumably, the ‘experts’ who were undertaking this ‘deradicalization’ process may have an inkling to what radicalized the repentant terrorists in the first instance.

Following from past treatment meted out to these ‘voluntarily surrendering terrorists’, it would be expected that these ‘ex-terrorists’ will be absorbed either into the Nigerian Military or relevant Government agencies where their terror experience will be adequately put to use – the ‘ex-terrorists’ will be absorbed into these government institutions at an appropriate rank befitting their experiences.

As beneficiaries of terror entrench themselves into governance in Nigeria, and coming soon after the charade of the Chibok ‘abductions’ gets further exposed, the world should ready itself for more absurdities. It is however pertinent that justice, at the international level, be ultimately served to avoid a repeat of this loathsome conduct elsewhere in the world. 

Clearly on the issue of justice for the victims, Nigerian authorities have by their pronouncements and actions shown a clear unwillingness and or inability to prosecute widespread systemic harms occasioned identifiable segments of its population– a veritable criteria for the immediate intervention of international adjudication mechanisms over the harms caused by the politicization of terrorism under the guises of 'Boko Haram'.

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/08/8000-boko-haram-members-voluntarily-surrender-military/

Picture: Some BH operatives probably moving to ‘voluntarily surrender'

Chibok ‘Abductions’: A Crime Against Humanity Crying For International Investigation, Prosecution and Punishments.

by Eze Eluchie,

In a most vile political plot to discredit and vilify the then sitting government, some politicians in Nigeria orchestrated the ‘abduction’ of several hundred secondary school girls in Chibok, Bornu State (North-eastern Nigeria) using the subterfuge of the extremist Islamist terror outfit, Boko Haram.

The world was ensnared into action via the #BringBackOurGirls hashtag which has since turned out to be a most profitable venture for the originators of the hashtag as they have been rewarded with quite juicy political appointments under the current Nigerian government, a major beneficiary of the Chibok ‘abduction’ fiasco.

 

Several months down the line, video pictures of some of the girls continue to be surreptitiously released in a manner which mocks the world, particularly the parents and relatives, and the complicit Nigerian government chides itself that it does not want to use force to rescue the girls for reasons of their safety. Safety indeed!

The Chibok ‘abduction’ fiasco was and remains a heinous act of the politicization of terror or better still infusion of terrorism as a political tool, which has led to the loss of several lives. Under the Rome Statute, this crime can be validly investigated, prosecuted and punished as a crime against humanity. To ensure such crimes are not replicated elsewhere, the world must act.

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-37076644

Picture: Nigeria’s President, Buhari and another person of immense interests in the Chibok ‘abductions’, Governor Shettima of Bornu State, seemingly celebrating one of the outcomes of the Chibok ‘abduction’, a baby born to one of the 'abducted' teenagers (whilst the teenager-mum who was raped by her captors was being held captive by the terrorists).