JUST IN: National Security Adviser, Monguno, Names Groups Backing Terrorism In Nigeria, Africa
National Security Adviser, Monguno, Names Groups Backing Terrorism In Nigeria, Africa The National Security Adviser, NSA, Babagana Monguno, has identified three religious groups as organisations backing terrorism activities in Nigeria and other Sahel countries. Speaking at the 14th Workshop of the League of Ulamas, Preachers and Imams of Sahel countries in Abuja, the NSA listed the groups as Jama’at Nasr al-Islam Wal Muslimin, JNIM, Islamic and Muslim Support Group, GSIM, and Islamic State in Greater Sahara, ISGS. He said: “Terrorism and the rapid escalation of violent activities by militant Islamist groups in the Sahel since 2016 have been primarily driven…