“Boko Haram Is Presently The World’s Deadliest Terrorist Group” – U.S Ambassador

The 2nd International conference on democracy and good governance held yesterday 28th, May 2014 in Port-Harcourt and had keynote speakers such as Former Head of Counter Terrorism Bureau of the United States, State Department, Ambassador Daniel Benjamin.

The ambassador described Jama’atu Ahlis Sunna Lidda’awati Wal-Jihad, commonly called Boko Haram as the deadliest terrorist group in the world, noting that it killed at least seven persons in each attack in the North eastern part of the country.

He furthermore stated that the Taliban in Afghanistan was next to the dreaded Boko Haram in rating of terrorist groups at the moment.

Benjamin who spoke at the programme organised by the Rivers State Government, said Boko Haram had become a major problem in the country and some other neighbouring countries, adding that the situation was not as bad as it is in Pakistan, Afghanistan and Iraq.He said: “By 2012, Boko Haram was the second most deadly terrorist group in the world after Afghanistan’s Taliban as Taliban killed more people than Boko Haram. Presently, Boko Haram is the deadliest terrorist group, killing at least seven persons per attack.

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