NSA Monguno identifies Islamic groups behind Boko Haram, terrorism in Nigeria

 NSA Monguno identifies Islamic groups behind Boko Haram, terrorism in Nigeria

By Joseph Ayinde 

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.

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