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Bulama Bukarti, a security expert and senior fellow at the Extremism Policy Unit of the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change, has raised concerns over the growing online presence of Boko Haram on platforms such as TikTok.
He shared these insights on Sunday during an appearance on Channels Television’s Politics Today.
This disclosure came shortly after Senator Ali Ndume, representing Borno South, reported that Boko Haram was responsible for the deaths of approximately 100 soldiers and 280 civilians within a six-month period.
Bukarti warned that the extremist group has begun using social media to spread its ideology, including through videos and live broadcasts.
In his statement, “Right now, when you go on TikTok, you will see Boko Haram members’ accounts.
“They host live programmes and live shows where they propagate Boko Haram’s ideology,
“They justify the group’s violence, which they do in the Hausa language. They field questions from the audience and answer comments that are written”.
“Even this week, there was a Boko Haram member who posted a 10-minute video on TikTok attacking me for speaking up against the escalating violence of the group. But it’s not just that.
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“We know that Boko Haram now operates unmanned drones. They surveil military formations in the northeast with unmanned drones,
“What we have seen over the past three months was over seven Boko Haram attacks on super camps, on Nigerian military super camps.
“In Sabon Gari and lots of other places, they overran the camps. They dispersed the military, killed some, captured others and stole weapons, food, medicine and other equipment from those areas and fled into the bush.”
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