Minister of Information and
Culture, Lai Mohammed, on Monday, in Makurdi, Benue State capital advanced
reason why Boko Haram activities may continue unabated, saying that Nigeria has
been denied access to acquire adequate weapons to fight terrorists.
Speaking to journalists after he
paid a courtesy visit on the state governor, Samuel Ortom, at the government
house, Mohammed said “Nigerians will remain at the mercy of terrorists”.
The minister described the
killing of rice farmers as ‘unfortunate’ but noted that to decimate the
terrorist group, the country needs more support from global partners as well as
acquiring adequate weapons to fight them.
The minister said, “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 note 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 the other we have been denied this platform, these weapons and
without adequate weapons or platform we remain at the mercy of terrorists.
The minister further said, “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.”
Governor Samuel Ortom commended
the federal government for the deployment of Operation Whirl Stroke to the
state.
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