{"id":44558,"date":"2014-09-04T06:47:47","date_gmt":"2014-09-04T06:47:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=44558"},"modified":"2014-09-04T06:47:47","modified_gmt":"2014-09-04T06:47:47","slug":"nigeria-border-town-captured","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/09\/nigeria-border-town-captured\/","title":{"rendered":"Nigeria border town ‘captured’"},"content":{"rendered":"
Nigeria’s militant Islamist group Boko Haram has captured the town of Banki, which borders Cameroon, after government troops fled, residents say.<\/p>\n
The military has not yet commented on the latest town to reportedly fall to the insurgents in recent weeks.<\/p>\n
Fears have been raised that their main target is Maiduguri, the capital of north-eastern Borno state.<\/p>\n
Boko Haram’s “lightning territorial gains” could lead to Nigeria breaking up like Iraq, a think-thank has warned.<\/p>\n
Last month, Boko Haram leader declared an Islamic caliphate in areas under the group’s control, following a similar declaration by the Islamic State (IS) group, previously known by the acronym Isis, after it captured parts of Iraq and Syria.<\/p>\n
“Unless swift action is taken, Nigeria could be facing a rapid takeover of a large area of its territory reminiscent of Isis’s lightning advances in Iraq,” the Nigeria Security Network (NSN) said in a special report released on Tuesday entitled North-East Nigeria On The Brink.<\/p>\n