– A civil society organization has condemned the attack on University of Maiduguri by Boko Haram insurgent
– The group said the attack is the height of desperation by Boko Haram terrorists
– The group also urged the Nigerian military not to relent in its effort against the terrorists
The group said the terrorists attacked gthe Mosque in desperation
A civil society organization has condemned the attack on University of Maiduguri by Boko Haram insurgents.
Speaking to journalists in Abuja, the group, Centre for Social Justice, Equity and Transparency said the attack on a mosque on Monday, January 16, is the height of desperation by Boko Haram terrorists.
The group said the Boko Haram elements are working so hard to remain relevant.
The executive secretary of the group, Isaac Ikpa, also called on the military and other security agencies to redouble their efforts in wiping the terrorist from the North-East.
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Ikpa also said that all terrorists who escaped from Sambisa forest must be apprehended.
“As it was during the group’s ascendancy to the basest form of evil, in its final decline Boko Haram remnants are again turning on places of worship because they are no longer able to stage any daring attacks and must therefore seek soft targets. It speaks volumes that a group that had hinged its insurgency on a demand for the strict application of Sharia law could attack a mosque where Muslim worship,” Ikpa said.
“The haste with which some people gleefully used this attack to justify their claim that Boko Haram is undefeated calls for concerns as it appears that they were in agreement with the terrorists to strike so that they will have justification to continue insisting the terror group is
“Boko Haram was never relevant and should be discussed only in context of what punishment is befitting for its members, their sponsors and sympathizers.”
The group also urged the military to remain focused, ignore distractions, and speed up its pursuit of these terrorists so that their capacity to attempt causing havoc in any part of the country.
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He said the pursuit should be expanded to include identifying and prosecuting those that offer support to the terrorists as their crime is no lesser than those they empower to blow other Nigerians up.
Ikpa also said Nigerians must remember that the key stopping these remnants of Boko Haram from regrouping remains vigilance.
He said better results would be achieved if the nation acts as one to rid the society of the last of these killers.
“We cannot continue to present a divided front regardless of our religious, ethnic or geo-political differences. The security agencies and the military should be supported to succeed in fishing out those who escaped from the various camps that were captured in Sambisa Forest.
“We appeal to the federal government to improve on intelligence gathering now that the war on terror is in a different phase following the defeat of Boko Haram,” he added.
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