AFP: Four killed in northeast Nigeria suicide attacks

July 24th, 2017

Phil Hazlewood, journalist with AFP, interviewed Yan St-Pierre on the “Four killed in northeast Nigeria suicide attacks“.

Yan St-Pierre, the head of the Modern Security Consulting (MOSECON) group and a counter-terrorism advisor, told AFP the chief of army staff’s order was “more rhetoric than fact”. “The Nigerian Army needs a boost and even if unsuccessful the ultimatum is nonetheless a reminder that (it) needs a big result and some form of success needs to be delivered,” he said.

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Politics could also be behind the statement, said St-Pierre, with President Muhammadu Buhari on indefinite sick leave and under pressure to ease public concerns about his health.

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