Christian Daily quotes Africa Center Director J. Peter Pham on the threat to the Christian population in Maiduguri, Nigeria from an attack by Boko Haram:
“They’ve done it everywhere else they’ve gone,” J. Peter Pham, director of the Africa Project at the Atlantic Council, said according to NBC News. “So why not Maiduguri?”
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Pham believes that if Boko Haram successfully attacks Maiduguri, it will be truly hurt the Nigerian government.
“Even if they only raise the black flag only briefly, it will be a big blow to the central government,” Pham said.