While speaking in Washington, US Defence Department's Principal Director for Africa, Alice Friend said: "In general, Nigeria has failed to mount an effective campaign against Boko Haram," Friend told the panel. "In the face of a new and more sophisticated threat than it has faced before, its security forces have been slow to adapt with new strategies, new doctrines and new tactics." She said Nigeria's own record of atrocities committed by security forces fighting Boko Haram is even more troubling... the insurgent has shown their capability to directly and successfully engaging Nigeria's armed forces,"
In the same vain, Robert Jackson, a State Department specialist on Africa, said: "Resolving this crisis is now one of the highest priorities of the U.S. government," Jackson told a Senate Foreign Relations subcommittee. Boko Haram, he said, "has been killing innocent people in Nigeria for some time, and the attack at Chibok is part of that long, terrible trend... Boko haram has no regard for human life." they also officials lamented limitations on U.S. cooperation and intelligence sharing with the Nigerian military due to human rights concerns and legal restrictions. They also expressed concern about the Nigerian government's commitment and army's ability to combat the group.
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