It is far from clear whether the faction claims to have authority to initiate or really has such powers , just as it is unclear who is really behind the faction : nothing about Boko Haram in particular is clear , with the exception of the death toll of over 300 since the new President took control of the country . bush quoted a Presidential spokesman as stating that " a faction of the Boko ##m group came forward claiming to have the mandate to negotiate with the government . "
It is far from clear whether the faction claiming to have authority to initiate talks really has such powers, just as it is unclear who is really behind the faction: nothing about Boko Haram in Nigeria is clear, with the exception of the death toll of over 600 since the new President took control of the country. Reuters reported a Presidential spokesman as stating that "a faction of the Boko Haram group came forward claiming to have the mandate to negotiate with the government."