US SCHOLARS WARN OBAMA OVER BOKO HARAM

United States President, Mr. Barrack Obama has been warned over the
proposal of the United States Justice Department to designate Boko
Haram aforeign terror group.
In a letter addressed to Ms. Hillary Clinton, the US Secretary of
State, at the beginning of the week, 20 American scholars with a
special interest in Nigeria and broad expertise on African politics
warned the United States government not to categorise Boko Haram as a
foreign terrorist organisation.
The scholars, drawn from various universities across US, said that
such designation would internationalise the Boko Haram menace and
enhance its profile among Al-Qaeda and other global militant groups.
They wrote that "Boko Haram's recent tactics, including the use of
suicidebombers and improvised explosive devices, raise questions about
their foreign links."
"The network's focus has been overwhelmingly domestic, despite an
August 2011 attack on the United Nations office in Abuja."
-Leadership Newspaper