President Jonathan said Nigerian forces will engage in a “full-scale” operation against Boko Haram. He also
offered dialogue and reconciliation to those Nigerians who “joined hands with Al Qaeda and international terrorists” but wish to renounce violence and embrace peace. Boko Haram fighters attacked three villages in Borno state, killing at least 51 people and torching houses with petrol bombs. A former top US counterterrorism official said Boko Haram has killed at least seven people in each of its attacks in northeast Nigeria. A youth confessed to being paid to burn down houses in a Borno state village.
