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THE EXTERNAL FORCES BEHIND BOKO HARAM

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The Federal
Government said on Wednesday that it is very clear that some foreign forces are
behind the over five-year-old Boko Haram insurgency. Minister of Interior, Abba
Moro, stated this in Gombe, the Gombe State capital.
He was speaking at
an advocacy workshop on Dialogue and Peace in the Northeast organised by the
National Security and Civil Defense Corps. Moro however related the Federal
Government’s commitment to ending the activities of the insurgents in the
North-Eastern part of the country.
“The Federal
Government has been doing everything that is necessary to restore some level of
confidence in the polity and you will also agree with me that recently there
has been some level of more understanding between the Federal Government and
the Governor of Borno State.
“We must build
confidence among ourselves. We must also create an avenue for brainstorming and
networking because this challenge is a national one because it affects people
other than the people of the North-East alone and what affects the North-East
affects the whole of Nigeria. Mr President is indeed determined to end the
insurgency in the North-East. If anyone thinks Boko Haram and its activities
are not linked to any external influence, the person is missing the point
entirely. The sophistication and tactics being employed by the Boko Haram are
certainly not ordinary, ” the Minister said.
Moro, who also
spoke on the movement of troops within the affected zone, said the Nigerian
Army and other security forces will never compromise their stand to defend the
territorial integrity of Nigeria. He nonetheless
urged the soldiers to be courageous in confronting the insurgents,advising
their wives currently protesting the deployment of their husbands to the
troubled zone to be optimistic.

“At the moment, I
can say there is no direct indication that the military and other security
forces are compromising on their determination to end the insurgency. Some of
these withdrawal and movement of troops are tactical. I am not a soldier, but I
know that the war against terror in the North-East is a complex one. So the
military high commands have their own way of enforcing the peace.
“On the protest by
wives of soldiers, I want to encourage both the soldiers and their wives to be
bold and pick up the courage to defeat this element of fear because fear can
defeat you even before you go to the battle front. This is a national
assignment, a clarion call so the soldiers should be encouraged to face the
war,” Moro said.
The Minister also
advised Nigerians to always support security operatives by offering them useful
information that will help realise the government’s dream of putting an end to
the five-year-old insurgency.
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