No end in sight for Boko Haram's onslaught in Nigeria.

Despite the vow by the police and other security agencies to quash the onslaught of the militant Boko Haram sect in northern Nigeria, there seems to be no end in sight for the attacks.

With the confidence reposed in the new police chief Muhammed Abubakar and his swift pledge to fish out the perpetrators of the dastardly acts, uncover the hideouts and reveal their sponsors when he assumed office early February, achieving his goals may be saddled with more challenges than he ever could have imagined.

It seems that the Boko Haram, widely believed to have strong links with the al Qaida, are a very hard nut to crack.

As a matter of fact, most Nigerians have come to terms with the fact that the attacks being perpetrated by the sect has increased and had even gone bloodier by the day.

In the past weeks, citizens of the west African country had hoped that the activities of the dreaded sect would reduce, following the respective arrest and rearrest of key members including spokesperson Abu Qaqa and Kabiru Sokoto, the alleged mastermind of the loud explosions that rocked Madalla in central Nigeria's Niger State last Christmas Day, killing over 40 people.

But the carnage by the Boko Haram since their key members' arrest does not suggest any end in sight. Unfortunately, even the police and other security agents have suffered more losses in the sect's recent attacks.

Though a few achievements may have truly been recorded by the Nigerian troops in the northern parts of the country to fish out the Boko Haram, widely considered as enemies of their own nation, there are still fears that the defiant terrorists are waxing stronger and bent on holding the country to ransom. Obviously, the bombings have not reduced.

Apart from north central Kano State where police stations were torched by the Boko Haram bombs, other northern cities in Nigeria have recorded similar attacks. Even army headquarters were not spared in some cases where bloody attacks were recorded. Most times officers of the Nigerian police or the army lost their precious lives.

In northwest Nigeria's Gombe State on Friday night, the sect attacked a police division, killing two policemen and 10 other civilians.

The Friday explosion was recorded at a time when the country's president Goodluck Jonathan was in London to discuss about security issues in Somalia.

According to state commissioner of police Orubebe Ebikeme who confirmed the incident to Xinhua on phone, the attackers used explosives to bomb the station before firing sporadic gun shots.

"We have arrested three suspects," he told Xinhua on phone.

According to concerned citizens, after every attack, the security agents or troops in the attacked area usually create the impression that they were in control of the situation, announcing one or two arrests of the prime suspects.

But investigations across the country have revealed that Nigerians are tired of hearing stories about unyielding arrests of suspected Boko Haram members in most of the northern states.

Tunde Arogundade, a lecturer based in southwest Nigeria's Lagos State, said that some of the arrests announced by the police after every Boko Haram attack may not even be true.

He said that the police may have been arresting other criminals instead of the real culprits.

"If they have truly been arresting the members of Boko Haram, the sect would have lost their firm grip in the northern part of the country," he said.

A policeman who preferred anonymity told Xinhua that sometimes, it is a common practice in the force to arrest people having similarities with the mode of operations of some suspects or group of suspected criminals.

In his words, "indiscriminate arrests are often allowed when we are discharging our duties, especially some cases that our senior officers are interested in".

Gloria Ekpenyong, a constitutional lawyer, believes that the only solution to the insurgence of the Boko Haram sect by the government is to create the room for a true dialogue.

"Nigerians are being bored daily with the unyielding arrests of some suspects who were never tried in any competent court of law," she said.

But a security expert, Emeka Izuchukwu, said that it is wrong for any government in the world to create a room for dialogue with any terrorist group.

"To show that they are on top of the situation, the Nigerian government still have to make sure they regain the trust of the citizens by reducing the Boko Haram's onslaught to its lowest ebb, " said Musiliu Akinsanya, a transporter in southwest Nigeria's Lagos State and the country's commercial hub.

Some common criminals and armed robbers alike have started parading themselves as Boko Haram members, with some of them masterminding jailbreaks in different parts of the country, believing that they can always get away with it. To prove that the Nigerian government is truly all out to make the country a more secured place for foreign investors to do business and a better place for its citizens to sleep with their eyes closed, the state security service (SSS), the conventional police and army must up-their-game in a concerted effort to address security issues as soon as possible.

Otherwise, if nothing is done quickly, it may be true to say that there is no end in sight for the deadly attacks orchestrated by the dreaded Boko Haram sect in the country.