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John Odigie-Oyegun, the national chairman of the All
Progressives Congress, claimed on Tuesday that President Muhammadu
Buhari was winning the war against Boko Haram.
According to The Nation, explaining the current security situation, the official said that the insurgents had now been denied “their territories” which they had captured before Buhari’s administration began. Outraged by the loss of control, the militants had started bombings.
“He is defeating the insurgency. Maybe I need to put what I said a little more clearly. Before Buhari, the insurgents were controlling, governing and ruling Nigerian territory that was larger than most European countries.
“They did not bother about the bombing aspect because they had territories. They were ruling Nigerians; that is the extremist point. They have been deprived of that. So, what I said, it’s very unfortunate, very tragic, and that we must stop.
“It is the most difficult thing to contain in the immediate term, but the government is working very intensively to match these changes of tactics by Boko Haram. Don’t forget they started by bombings, then when they saw that they could hold territory, they shifted to wanting to create their own country within a country.
“I don’t know what they do to this young people to make them want to kill themselves and kill others. The reality is that if someone makes up his mind to die, then we do have a problem on our hands. But that problem too is one that is being confronted by the Buhari administration. It requires a totally new tactics.”
As part of the strategy overhaul, President Buhari earlier this week sacked top service chiefs and appointed new seniors.
According to The Nation, explaining the current security situation, the official said that the insurgents had now been denied “their territories” which they had captured before Buhari’s administration began. Outraged by the loss of control, the militants had started bombings.
“He is defeating the insurgency. Maybe I need to put what I said a little more clearly. Before Buhari, the insurgents were controlling, governing and ruling Nigerian territory that was larger than most European countries.
“They did not bother about the bombing aspect because they had territories. They were ruling Nigerians; that is the extremist point. They have been deprived of that. So, what I said, it’s very unfortunate, very tragic, and that we must stop.
“It is the most difficult thing to contain in the immediate term, but the government is working very intensively to match these changes of tactics by Boko Haram. Don’t forget they started by bombings, then when they saw that they could hold territory, they shifted to wanting to create their own country within a country.
“I don’t know what they do to this young people to make them want to kill themselves and kill others. The reality is that if someone makes up his mind to die, then we do have a problem on our hands. But that problem too is one that is being confronted by the Buhari administration. It requires a totally new tactics.”
As part of the strategy overhaul, President Buhari earlier this week sacked top service chiefs and appointed new seniors.
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