BEVERLY HILLS, September 01, (THEWILL) – The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has debunked reports about seeming resurgence of Boko Haram insurgency in the country.
Mohammed debunked the insinuation of the resurgence of Boko Haram in a remark during the Eid-el-Kabir celebrations in his country home, Oro, near Ilorin stating that some recent attacks, including suicide bombings and the abduction of some staff of the University of Maiduguri, were antics by the insurgents.
“The truth is that there is no resurgence of Boko Haram. Cowardly bombings and kidnappings are some of the hallmarks of an asymmetric warfare that insurgencies are,” he said.
“And like I say all the time, such wars do not end by the signing of any truce. They taper off with time, as this one surely will.
“The Nigerian troops were daily living up to their constitutional responsibility of maintaining the nation’s territorial integrity and securing its borders.
“They are ensuring that never again will Boko Haram take control of our territories, attack our major cities, including Abuja, at will and fly their flag anywhere in the country.
“Therefore, as we celebrate this Festival of Sacrifice, we owe the marked improvement in the security situation in our country in general and the North-East in particular to the men and women in uniform.
“They have sacrificed so much to make our country safer than at any other time since the Boko Haram insurgency started in 2009.
“Yes, we are not totally out of the woods yet, but we are much better today than we were in 2015, when this administration assumed office.”
