AFP: Nigerian kidnappings a sign of Boko Haram expansion, say experts

December 15th, 2020

Camille Malplat, journalist with the AFP, interviewed Yan St-Pierre on the schoolboy abduction in Northwest Nigeria.

Yan St-Pierre, an analyst at the Modern Security Consulting Group, said with this attack Shekau wanted to “display he was all-powerful and not only confined to his zone.”

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“It is a symbol of the state’s weakness to guarantee the security of its citizens,” St-Pierre said.

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