The government has begun investigating links between several politicians and terrorist activities in the Balmo forest in Bauchi and Jigawa states, where security forces conducted a clearing operation over the weekend. Two former military heads of state met with President Jonathan and Adamawa governor Murtala Nyako and in an effort to stave off impeachment proceedings against Nyako, who has refused to recant the accusation that the government is conducting genocide in northern Nigeria and using the military campaign against Boko Haram to kill northerners.
