More Nigerians support military action on Boko Haram warning.
A survey by CLEEN Foundation shows that 54 per cent of Nigerians support the deployment of soldiers to Maiduguri
More than half of Nigerians support the deployment of soldiers to Maiduguri to help provide security following the Boko Haram insurgency, a survey by CLEEN Foundation has revealed.
The survey was conducted using telephone calls between August 10 and 16, this year.
“Incidentally, we were at the press conference in Abuja where the report was being released when the news about bombing of the UN House broke,” said Gabriel Akinremi, an information officer with the foundation.
According to the foundation, slightly more than one half of those interviewed – 54 percent - felt security agencies were handling the insurgency well. “26 percent were neutral, while one in five respondents said they were doing badly,” the report stated.
When the data were disaggregated by zones, only slightly less than half of the respondents in the Southwest, Northwest and South-south agreed the agencies were effective; while those in the southeast, northeast and north-central strongly agreed that the deployment of soldiers to quell the uprising was effective.
Expectedly, majority of the respondents in the survey spotted the Nigeria Police as the weak link amongst all the security agencies detailed in the fight against Boko Haram. “On the agencies that were least effective in responding to Boko Haram, majority of the respondents – 53 percent - pointed at the police, followed by 20 percent who fingered all the agencies,” the report said.
The Boko Haram sect, whose leader was gunned by the police in 1999, abhors westernisation and is campaigning for the creation of an Islamic state. It has claimed responsibility for numerous deadly attacks on police, community leaders, churches and prisons, and recently, the bombing of the United Nation’s office in Abuja.
The group presently has an undefined structure and chain of command, however, they have gained notoriety through their bombing campaigns and four in every five Nigerian is aware of their activates, the foundations research also revealed.
When asked what should be done about Boko Haram, majority of the respondents – 58 percent - supported dialogue with the terrorist group.
When disaggregated by zones, the highest level of support for dialogue with the terror group came from its native zone, the Northeast, where 4 out of every 5 respondents – 80 percent - voted for dialogue followed by Northwest with 62 percent.
“The region with the least support for dialogue with Boko Haram is southeast where only 35 percent supported dialogue, followed by south-south with 51 percent,” the report said.
More than half of Nigerians support the deployment of soldiers to Maiduguri to help provide security following the Boko Haram insurgency, a survey by CLEEN Foundation has revealed.
The survey was conducted using telephone calls between August 10 and 16, this year.
“Incidentally, we were at the press conference in Abuja where the report was being released when the news about bombing of the UN House broke,” said Gabriel Akinremi, an information officer with the foundation.
According to the foundation, slightly more than one half of those interviewed – 54 percent - felt security agencies were handling the insurgency well. “26 percent were neutral, while one in five respondents said they were doing badly,” the report stated.
When the data were disaggregated by zones, only slightly less than half of the respondents in the Southwest, Northwest and South-south agreed the agencies were effective; while those in the southeast, northeast and north-central strongly agreed that the deployment of soldiers to quell the uprising was effective.
Expectedly, majority of the respondents in the survey spotted the Nigeria Police as the weak link amongst all the security agencies detailed in the fight against Boko Haram. “On the agencies that were least effective in responding to Boko Haram, majority of the respondents – 53 percent - pointed at the police, followed by 20 percent who fingered all the agencies,” the report said.
The Boko Haram sect, whose leader was gunned by the police in 1999, abhors westernisation and is campaigning for the creation of an Islamic state. It has claimed responsibility for numerous deadly attacks on police, community leaders, churches and prisons, and recently, the bombing of the United Nation’s office in Abuja.
The group presently has an undefined structure and chain of command, however, they have gained notoriety through their bombing campaigns and four in every five Nigerian is aware of their activates, the foundations research also revealed.
When asked what should be done about Boko Haram, majority of the respondents – 58 percent - supported dialogue with the terrorist group.
When disaggregated by zones, the highest level of support for dialogue with the terror group came from its native zone, the Northeast, where 4 out of every 5 respondents – 80 percent - voted for dialogue followed by Northwest with 62 percent.
“The region with the least support for dialogue with Boko Haram is southeast where only 35 percent supported dialogue, followed by south-south with 51 percent,” the report said.
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