Abuja attack in response to Boko Haram leader video: Expert by RFI

In Nigeria, a morning rush hour bomb killed more than 70 people at a bus station on the outskirts of Abuja Monday. There was no immediate claim of responsibility. But President Goodluck Jonathan is blaming Boko Haram. Visiting the scene, Jonathan accused the radical Islamists of trying to "move our country backwards." Boko Haram's leader, Abubakar Shekau, who has been declared a global terrorist by the US, vowed in a recent video to widen the
group's violence outside its northeastern stronghold.

Veryan Khan, Editorial Director of TRAC: Terrorism Research & Analysis Consortium, believes the attack is a direct response.

She spoke to RFI's Michel Arseneault @miko75011