France has declared that the Boko Haram sect would be treated like Al-Qaeda, just as the sect’s members.
French Ambassador to Nigeria, Jacques Champagne de Labriolle, who made the declaration in Abuja, said that his country would not hesitate to offer intelligence support, pointing out that collective effort was needed to tackle insurgency.
According to Ambassador de Labriolle, France believes that the mobilization against Boko Haram should be the same as the mobilization the world has seen before against Al-Qaeda and for the same reason.
This comes as the U.N. Security Council Committee on Al Qaeda Sanctions also blacklisted the Boko Haram sect after the insurgents kidnapped hundreds of schoolgirls.
The U.N. listing entry described Boko Haram as an affiliate of Al Qaeda and the organization of Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM).
The Nigerian Government has sought international support in its fight against the sect after it abducted over 200 schoolgirls from Government Secondary School in Chibok, Borno State.
The sect, since the abduction of the girls has continued to carry out different devastation attacks on the Nigerian people, with many lives lost in the northern states of Borno, Kano and Plateau.
