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...
on Monday that the military is outgunned in its fight against Boko Haram
... 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...
and more troops are urgently needed.
Governor Kashim Shettima traveled to the capital Abuja for talks with Jonathan and Nigeria's security chiefs following the latest massacre in Borno of 106 people in the mostly Christian village of Izghe on Saturday.
"We are in a state of war. That is what I came to tell the president," Shettima told news hounds after the meeting.
"I made it emphatically clear to Mr. President that Boko Haram are better armed and better motivated," than the security forces, he added.
Unless more troops and more resources are deployed to Borno, "it is absolutely impossible for us to defeat Boko Haram," the governor said.
Borno along with two neighboring northeastern states was placed under emergency rule in May, when the military launched a major offensive aimed at crushing the Islamist uprising which has killed thousands since 2009.
Attacks have continued despite the beefed up military presence. Borno, where Boko Haram was founded in 2002, has been the hardest hit area.
The bully boy militia has said it is fighting to create a strict Islamic state in the country's mainly Moslem north.
Shettima said the Islamists have been able to attack defenseless civilians with ease and made reference to a slaughter last week in the town of Konduga where gunnies seemingly killed residents at-will "for over five hours.""Have we ever succeeded in thwarting any of their plans?" the governor further said.
He provided a corpse count of 106 for the Izghe attack, supporting figures given by other area officials.
"Some were hospitalized with very great injuries, so I am afraid the figures might climb," he added.
The attackers reportedly went door-to-door looking for residents who were hiding, undeterred by the security forces.
Those who were found were dragged outside, gathered together and slaughtered, witnesses told Agence La Belle France Presse.
While Jonathan has at times sought to portray the military offensive as a success, outrage in the region is building following the repeated failure of the security forces to prevent major attacks, including some in the heart of Borno's capital Maiduguri.
The Nigerian defense headquarters said on Monday that fighting patrols by air and land were being stepped up "in the forests and hills" in the northeast where the faceless myrmidons were hiding.
"The security forces will continue to employ necessary fire power to enhance the effectiveness of the mission until the Death Eaters are duly curtailed," it said in a statement in reaction to recent deadly attacks.
Some suspected perpetrators of the recent attacks have been tossed in the clink
Don't shoot, coppers! I'm comin' out!
, it said, without given details.
Locations that are prone to attacks are being reinforced while general areas has been placed "under heightened surveillance and patrols," it boasted.
Jonathan replaced his entire military brass last month, a move analysts said was linked to frustration with the anti-insurgency campaign.