Boko Haram has now also overrun the town of Bama. Marte, Dikwa, Ngala, Gwoza, Madagali, Damboa, Buni Yadi and Banki were already under their control. If Maiduguri falls it will be very bad news and the whole of Borno, Yobe, Adamawa states and north west Cameroon could rapidly be taken by them.
The foreign ministers of Nigeria, Chad, Cameroon, Benin, plus representatives from USA, Britain, France, Canada, the African Union and the UN are reported to have been in urgent talks as to what action can be taken to halt the advance as the whole region could become destabilised. Our government has pretty much lost control of the whole of north east Nigeria
