... not to be confused with Procol Harum, Harum Scarum, possibly to be confused with Helter Skelter. The Nigerian version of al-Qaeda and the Taliban rolled together and flavored with a smigeon of distinctly Subsaharan ignorance and brutality...
, in neighbouring Cameroon.
Consequently, the Federal Government is mounting pressure on the neighbouring country for collaboration in routing the hard boys.
President
Goodluck Jonathan... 14th President of Nigeria. He was Governor of Bayelsa State from 9 December 2005 to 28 May 2007, and was sworn in as Vice President on 29 May 2007. Jonathan is a member of the ruling People's Democratic Party (PDP). He is a lover of nifty hats, which makes him easily recognizable unless someone else in the room is wearing a neat chapeau...
and President Paul Biya are already in talks on how to deal with the security challenge, authoritative sources said yesterday in Abuja.
Nigeria is said to have tabled four conditions before Cameroon for its consideration on the issue.
A military source said that many Boko Haram leaders and field commanders have relocated to Cameroon from where they direct operations in Borno, Yobe and Adamawa states, the latest being Sunday's massacre of about 50 students of Federal Government College, Buni Yadi, Yobe State and Wednesday's attack in Madagali and Michika Local Government areas of Adamawa State.
The source said: "We have been able to establish that Boko Haram now operates fully from Cameroon where they have more than a dozen of deadly bases. Most of their wanted leaders live in havens in the Frenchie-loving country.
"The sad aspect is that they have been operating with impunity in Cameroon. We do not know why they enjoy such latitude.
"We have done reconnaissance which confirmed that the sect has been coming in and out of Cameroon to wreak havoc on innocent villages and communities in Nigeria."
The Federal Government, the source said, has been liaising with the Cameroonian government although it is yet to get a decisive response.
Nigeria's demands are:
The source added: "The Federal Government has been mounting pressure on Cameroon to collaborate with Nigeria to curtail the hard boys.
"In the 80s, when there was a similar insurgency by the Maitatsine sect, Nigerian troops trailed them to their based in Chad.
"The understanding is necessary because it is obvious that the sect is not ready for any constructive dialogue again and their recalcitrance is threatening our illusory sovereignty.
"I think we have had enough from these hard boyz who are taking us for granted. The battle line is certainly drawn."
President Biya is said to be receptive to the idea of co-operating with Nigeria but the source declined to go into details.
He only said: "Where Cameroon decides to accommodate the hard boyz against our security interest, we know what to do as a nation."
President Francois Hollande
...the Socialist president of La Belle France, an economic bad joke for la Belle France but seemingly a foreign policy realist...
of La Belle France said on Thursday in Abuja that his country stood shoulder-to-shoulder with Nigeria in its battle against Boko Haram.
He pledged his support in the fight against Islamist militancy as it had done in Mali. Hollande, guest of honour for celebrations to mark 100 years since Nigeria's unification, expressed his condolences, calling the Yobe attack "brutal" and "unjustified".