Metro UK MP Questions Connection Between APC and Boko Haram

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Following troubling questions raised by British member of Parliament, Mr Andrew Rosindell, the UK government may forced forced to investigate the link between Nigeria's foremost opposition party, the All Progressives Congress, APC and the terror group Boko haram.

Rosindell's questions (formally called notices) which arose after a debate in congress during which Labour MP Sandra Osborne tried to examine allegations of links between APC and theBoko haram terrorists include;

• To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will commission an inquiry into the international support network for Boko Haram in Nigeria and Cameroon; and if he will make a statement. (Notice no. 204402)
• To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions (a) he and (b) other Ministers in his Department have had with leading members of the Nigerian opposition party, the All Progressive Congress; and if he will make a statement. (204401)
• To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the rise in Islamic terrorism in Nigeria. (204387)
• To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what support his Department plans to offer to Nigeria in tackling the threat of Boko Haram. (204388)
• To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of links between Boko Haram and other Islamic extremist groups in Africa. (204389)
• To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will discuss with his counterpart in Cameroon the need for constructive dialogue between that country and Nigeria in tackling Boko Haram; and if he will make a statement. (204390).

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SOURCE: #TheCable

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