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Timothy Antigha
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August 13, 2020

Boko Haram Recruits Child Soldiers- MNJTT

Boko Haram has continued to introduce new strategies in an effort to resuscitate it’s declining influence in the Lake Chad Basin.

The newest strategy is the introduction of child soldiers. Information on this disturbing development was brought in by human intelligence sources and corroborated by concerned individuals and groups, a couple of days ago.

However, Boko-Haram Terrorists themselves, further confirmed their atrocious act when they posted pictures of children dressed in military fatigue and holding assault rifles in a video released during the Sallah celebrations.

The recruitment of child soldiers is the latest in a retinue of brutal and inhuman tactics deployed by Boko Haram since it began the futile attempt to cause mayhem and overthrow constitutional and social order.

Earlier, Boko Haram have engaged in the mass abduction of school girls, sexual enslavement of women and mass murder of innocent civilians.

This recent employment of child soldiers is as a result of frustration caused by several operational losses, leadership crises, as well as disillusionment among fighters and their subsequent surrender in hundreds to the MNJTF. The focus on children is because they are easier to manipulate and indoctrinate than the adults within the region who can now see through the veil of deceit.

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Arising from this latest atrocity by Boko Haram, the Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF) urges parents, local authorities, religious and traditional institutions to be vigilant and promptly alert security agencies of any overt or covert attempts to recruit their children and wards.

Furthermore, owing to the gale of disillusionment and surrender which have depleted the ranks of Boko Haram, youths are advised to be mindful of promises of power and influence, economic prosperity and spiritual growth.

Boko Haram does not have any of these conditions to offer. The stories of hardship and evil within the terrorist organisations as revealed by all surrendered Boko Haram fighters should be sufficient notice that Boko Haram and ISWAP have nothing good to offer anyone.

It would be recalled that the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflict forbids the recruitment and use of children in Armed Conflicts.

The Protocol states among others that “Armed groups distinct from armed forces of a country should not, under any circumstances, recruit or use in hostilities anyone under 18”.

It is against this background that the MNJTF is drawing the attention of the United Nations, it’s relevant agencies and other stake holders to the latest acts of inhumanity and desperation by Boko Haram, and urges severe condemnation and other necessary action. On our part, the MNJTF will continue with activities that are focused on the protection of children and other vulnerable groups within its area of operation.

Colonel Timothy Antigha
Chief of Military Public Information
MNJTF
N’Djamena – Chad

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