Nigerian Army to Shut Markets Where Boko Haram Trades (John Campbell, CFR)

In a February 9 statement, acting Director of Army Public Relations Sani Usman said that the military will be shutting markets in Yobe and Borno states where traders “have clandestinely been aiding the terrorists (Boko Haram) with logistics and other supplies through smuggling and other forms of illicit trading, thus sustaining them while the merchants of death make money out of it.” Hence, “from now on, some markets identified to be engaging in this illegal trade with the adversary in Borno and Yobe states will be closed.” He also said that the traders were “sabotaging the successes… against the Boko Haram insurgency.”

http://blogs.cfr.org/campbell/2016/02/10/nigerian-army-to-shut-markets-where-boko-haram-trades/