Lagos: A Nigerian archbishop called Monday for the same international support to tackle Boko Haram as France has received since it was hit by Islamist attacks last week.

"I see the very positive response of the French government tackling this issue of religious violence after the killing of their citizens," said the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Jos in central Nigeria, Ignatius Kaigama.

Burned ruins in Baga, Nigeria after an attack in April 2013 ... Hundreds of bodies were strewn in the bush in Nigeria on Friday after Boko Haram carried out its 'deadliest massacre' so far, according to Amnesty International. Credit:AP

"We need that spirit to be spread around, not just when it happens in Europe, (but) when it happens in Nigeria, in Niger, Cameroon and many poor countries, that we mobilise our international resources to confront the people who bring such sadness to many families," he told BBC World Service radio.