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te> How terror twists the vote
Accusations that a former state governor and army chief have been sponsoring
the Islamist insurgents have fired up the election campaign
12th September 2014
Almost in concert with the political parties' calendar for choosing their
presidential candidates, the Jama'atu Ahlus Sunnah Lidda'awati wal Jihad,
widely known as Boko Haram, is stepping up its military campaign in the
north-east and threatening to disrupt next February's elections. Politicians
have vacillated between trying to ignore Boko Haram's Islamist insurgency
and using it against their rivals. With Boko Haram fighters seizing several
towns and villages in north-east Nigeria and credibly threatening to attack
Maiduguri, the capital of Borno State, it is clear that the insurgency will
be a critical electoral issue.........
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