Two days after Boko Haram terrorists killed over a hundred rice farmers in Zabarmari, 20km from Maiduguri, Borno State, Minister of Information, Mr. Lai Mohammed has said the Nigeria is at the mercy of the insurgent group.
Mohammed, who stated this during a visit to Benue State governor, Samuel Ortom on Monday, said the Nigeria’s inability to acquire the caliber or weapons it needs to combat the Boko Haram terrorists leaves the country at their mercy.
He stressed that Nigeria needed global support to win the war against Boko Haram.
“When we talk about terrorism, people don’t seem to appreciate that terrorism is not a local issue, it is a global issue and there is no part of the world that doesn’t experience its own pocket of terrorism.
“But you must also not that we are dealing with terrorists who are financed globally and we also need more support from global partners. For instance, Nigeria has made an attempt to acquire a better and more effective platform to deal with terrorists but for one reason or other we have been denied this platform, these weapons and without adequate weapons or platform we remain at the mercy of terrorists.
“You see, fighting terrorists is not a joke because what actually happened in Borno State is unfortunate but you must also look at the strategy of the terrorists.
“Terrorists use media and publicity as oxygen, so when they go on this kind of mindless killing of people, it is not that the government is not doing enough. Terrorism whether in Afghanistan or anywhere in the world has the same concept, a group of people who are extremist in their thoughts, who don’t think that you and me should be alive”, he stated.
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