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Addressing the insurgency in North-East Nigeria during the Presidential Media chat, President Goodluck Jonathan said his government was working hard to arrest the security situation.
The President said the government was exploring several options available in tackling the insurgence in the North-East of the country.
"Negotiations were easy in the days of militancy in the South-South because the actors were not faceless and they had their grievances, contrary to terrorism which had no face. The Niger Delta militants don’t just go and kill people anyhow but in the case of Boko Haram, they go to a community and kill women and children. They go to schools where students are sleeping and slaughter them; so, the approach of terror all over the world is different.
"Sometimes they use false religious teachings that have no basis in any of the holy books to brainwash their followers; so they are more difficult.”
President Jonathan said the government would continue to apply different tactics in fighting the Boko Haram insurgents until victory was completely achieved.
On the recent outburst by the Borno state governor, Kashim Shettima that Boko Haram terrorists were better armed than men of the Nigerian army, the President said," government officials should be mindful of what they say; no matter how frustrated you are, you don’t make this kind of statement.
"If the governor of Borno thinks his statement is correct, we pull out the military from the state for one month and see what happens".
"The governor should be mindful of what he says; no matter how frustrated you are, you don’t make this kind of statement. The Boko Haram massive attack started from Abuja; the Police Headquarters and the UN building were bombed in Abuja; so if the security people have not been working, I don’t think we will have been moving freely in Abuja.
"We have pushed Boko Harram away from Abuja, they are now restricted to the fringes. The security agencies are all involved in the war on terror. It is not easy, but we will get over it.
Dispelling rumors that the federal government was planing to oust the Borno state governor and make way for a military administrator, he President said,"Goodluck Jonathan is not aware that the administration is sending a military administrator to Borno".
#BornoMassacre
The President said the government was exploring several options available in tackling the insurgence in the North-East of the country.
"Negotiations were easy in the days of militancy in the South-South because the actors were not faceless and they had their grievances, contrary to terrorism which had no face. The Niger Delta militants don’t just go and kill people anyhow but in the case of Boko Haram, they go to a community and kill women and children. They go to schools where students are sleeping and slaughter them; so, the approach of terror all over the world is different.
"Sometimes they use false religious teachings that have no basis in any of the holy books to brainwash their followers; so they are more difficult.”
President Jonathan said the government would continue to apply different tactics in fighting the Boko Haram insurgents until victory was completely achieved.
On the recent outburst by the Borno state governor, Kashim Shettima that Boko Haram terrorists were better armed than men of the Nigerian army, the President said," government officials should be mindful of what they say; no matter how frustrated you are, you don’t make this kind of statement.
"If the governor of Borno thinks his statement is correct, we pull out the military from the state for one month and see what happens".
"The governor should be mindful of what he says; no matter how frustrated you are, you don’t make this kind of statement. The Boko Haram massive attack started from Abuja; the Police Headquarters and the UN building were bombed in Abuja; so if the security people have not been working, I don’t think we will have been moving freely in Abuja.
"We have pushed Boko Harram away from Abuja, they are now restricted to the fringes. The security agencies are all involved in the war on terror. It is not easy, but we will get over it.
Dispelling rumors that the federal government was planing to oust the Borno state governor and make way for a military administrator, he President said,"Goodluck Jonathan is not aware that the administration is sending a military administrator to Borno".
#BornoMassacre