Babagana Monguno, the National Security Adviser to President
Muhammadu Buhari, has identified groups enabling terrorism in Nigeria.
Monguno identified Jama’at Nasr al-Islam Wal Muslimin, JNIM,
Islamic and Muslim Support Group, and Islamic State in Greater Sahara, ISGS, as
organizations behind terrorism in Nigeria and Africa.
The retired Major General disclosed this while speaking at
the 14th Workshop of the League of Ulamas, Preachers and Imams of Sahel
countries in Abuja on Tuesday.
According to Monguno: “Terrorism and the rapid escalation of
violent activities by militant Islamist groups in the Sahel since 2016 have
been primarily driven by the Islamic State in Greater Sahara (ISGS), which
mainly operates in Mali and extends to the Niger Republic and Burkina Faso.
“It is bolstered by activities of groups such as Jama’at
Nasr al-Islam Wal Muslimin (JNIM), the Islamic and Muslim Support Group (GSIM)
and ISGS, which have continued to pose an imminent threat to the stability of
the region.
“In Nigeria, Boko-Haram and Islamic State in West Africa
Province (ISWAP) dominate terrorist activities, especially in the North-Eastern
part of the country.
“The situation in the Sahel has never been grimmer,
extremist violence continues to spread; the number of internally displaced
persons (IDPS) is growing; and food insecurity is affecting more people than
ever before.”
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