The Federal Minister of Information and
Culture, Mr. Lai Mohammed has stated
that the Nigerian Army has won the war
against Boko Haram.
He made the announcement during a
meeting with members of the press in
Lagos less than 24 hours to Christmas
Eve.
“Today, I can report that the war against
Boko Haram is largely won”, the minister
said.
“I can confidently say this because just
recently, I led a group of 33 journalists
from both the local and international
media to the hot bed of the insurgency,
that is, Maiduguri, Kondugua, Kaoure and
Bama.
“Today, I can report to you that the
entire 70 plus kilometres stretch from
Maiduguri to Bama and all the way to
Banki which leads to Cameroun and the
Central African Republic are in the hands
of our gallant troops.”
“They have so degraded the capacity of
Boko Haram that the terrorists can no
longer hold on to any territory just as
they can no longer carry out any
spectacular attack.”
Mohammed, however, said that though
there were still cases of suicide bombings,
it was pertinent to note that such was the
nature if insurgency globally.
“Unlike a war between two armies, an
insurgency never ends with arms victory
“Even in countries like Colombia where
insurgency was supposed to have ended
decades ago, attacks like this still
happen.”
He said that the insurgents had adopted a
new style of attacking soft targets like
motor parks, schools, entertainment
centres, religious centres, killing innocent
people mostly women and children.
