President Jonathan is actively seeking the support of the United Nations to chase Boko Haram insurgents into their hideouts in bordering countries specifically Cameroon.
President Jonathan is displeased that the Cameroonian leadership has not granted his administration the support it needs to flush out the terrorists from their hideouts in their country. Boko Haram will usually carry out an attack and then escape into Cameroon, where the Nigerian security forces in hot pursuit cannot follow due to international laws.
A source in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs told Punch that President Jonathan would report Cameroon to the United Nations due to its refusal to cooperate with his government.
Speaking during the International Conference on Human Security, Peace and Development: Agenda for 21st Century Africa, held in Abuja on Thursday, the President sought the support of African leaders to enable pursuit of criminals beyond borders.
He said, “Our architecture must recognise the fact that trans-border criminals don’t respect boundaries while law enforcement agencies are compelled to respect our international boundaries,’’ adding, “There must be compromise on this if we must wipe out criminality and trans-border crimes.
“While we respect our national boundaries, terrorists move in and out of our borders, it’s now time that we should agree as African leaders that an act of terror against one nation is an act of terror against all nations.”
Subbing Cameroon, he added, “We must not allow our countries to become safe havens for terrorists; we must cooperate maximally beyond political boundaries and adopt protocols that allow other countries to pursue terrorists to their safe havens in other nations.
“While we cannot redefine our borders we can redefine our collective approach in fighting trans-boundary insurgencies.’’