the group has retreated to spall areas of influence and frequently launches attacks on government and foreign targets. until somalia's western-backed government assisted by troops can assert its own control it can thought stop attacks like these. osama ben javi, al jazeera. >>> the incumbent in nigeria gmc is facing a former president as his opponent. oil rich niger delta region. his presidency has been mired by boko haram insurgency in the north. the armed group has staged multiple attacks again mostly in the north. his miernlg opponent is major opponent is muhammedu hukari. a muslim from the falani ethnic group and comes from the ketsina state in northern nigeria nigeria's military says it's pushed boko haram out of the base in gwoza north of the country. success on borno state. from abuja yvonne ndege reports. >> in a rare public address nyjer's military spokesperson gave this statement. >> many of the terrorists have died and many have been captured in the process. tons of ammunition have been recovered, and the safe areas of the rnl terrorists terrorists have been entirely destro

folk with powerful lobbyists and lawyers and accountant they get away with all this stuff, it's the spall sized businesses that are getting caught between the cross hairs here. >> even more to the point, david, is the fact that it's up to the president to decide who gets a pass and who doesn't. when you have a lawless president who has nothing but contempt for the constitution, you're going to get an abuse of power whether you shut down the fidc, you're still going to have other agencies that are open. he wields his power. these people can't fight the government in court like rich points out. they don't have the money. >> bruce, doesn't that bother you? journalists are supposed to take care of those who don't have power. >> well, certainly a lobbyists bug me but we need some kind of safeguards for the people who have been vikt highsed by his exorbitant -- you've read stories of 500% interest rates from these payday lenders. there need to be some safeguards. i'm not exactly sure what it is but by need to have some safeguards for these people. >> emac. >> listen, separate from all that, the