[Mr Angry]

Worrying.

"Two thousand men, women and children may have died in Boko Haram’s latest blood-letting in Nigeria’s north-east.

Those, at least, are the claims.

But in the restive regions where the Islamists passage is barely opposed by government forces, few facts – as human rights groups told The Independent yesterday – are verifiable.

Even as President Goodluck Jonathan launched his campaign for re-election this week, evidence appeared to emerge indicating that his government’s attempt to prevent Boko Haram forming an Islamic “caliphate” in the northern regions is failing."

Indi.