The federal government has said that in spite of the recent wave of attacks by the insurgent group, Boko Haram, they remain largely decimated, dispersed and disoriented.

The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed disclosed this at a world press conference in Abuja on Tuesday.

Mohammed, while commiserating with the victims of those attacks, said anyone who is conversant with the pattern of insurgency will not be surprised by the recent attacks.

He said: “Gentlemen, there is no resurgence of Boko Haram. The terrorists remain massively degraded and largely defeated. The recent string of attacks is not an indication that Boko Haram is bouncing back.

“During the immediate period after an insurgency has been degraded, the fact that terrorists are dispersed into the community is often followed by an upsurge of terror attacks in the form of suicide bombing and sabotage of critical facilities.

“Activities during these period are often carried out within population and against soft targets or vulnerable groups. There is often apprehension in the community that terrorism is getting worse, even though, in reality, insurgency has been weakened as a cohesive terror force. This is the current phase of insurgency in the country.

“Many commentators have latched on to these attacks to infer a resurgence of Boko Haram, while some have even made outrageous statements regarding the territories controlled by Boko Haram. Fortunately, no less a personality than the President, strongly backed by the Governors of Borno and Yobe, has debunked such unsubstantiated claims,” he said.

Furthermore, Mohammed said the government was taking appropriate measures in ensuring that the spake of attacks end, while adding that the measures are in line with global best practices.

“These include the strengthening of intelligence and security, especially in the affected communities, and the stepping up of the reconstruction, rehabilitation and resettlement efforts.

“We want to appeal to all not to say or do anything that will demoralize our gallant men and women in uniform, who are daily fighting – and sometimes paying the supreme price – so that we can all be safe. Having travelled to the theatre of operations myself, I have seen the huge sacrifices of our military. They deserve nothing but our undiluted support. This is the best form of appreciation we can show them at this time. Anything else is counter-productive. Commendation, not condemnation. Support, not second guessing. That’s what we owe the gallant troops,” he said.

“While these efforts are going on, the government enjoins members of the public to be vigilant; security conscious, and to cooperate with security agencies by providing information on suspicious and strange objects, activities and persons in their communities. By doing these, we will be denying terrorists a safe haven and the opportunity to carry out their atrocities.

“The Administration has succeeded in galvanizing our neighbouring countries and the global community, including major powers, towards the defeat of insurgency and the reconstruction and rehabilitation of the communities and population most affected by terrorism.

“Boko Haram has been dislodged from their occupied territories; thousands of their captives have been set free; their capacity to operate as a troop moving in convoy of vehicles and motor cycles to launch attacks on communities and military formations has been neutralized. In essence, the insurgents have been effectively denied territory or sanctuary and are now in disarray.

“Scattered, demoralized and hungry, they have resorted to terror tactics available to a degraded and defeated insurgent group. The fact that they operate in a few local governments does not equate to holding and controlling territories. We must make that distinction.”


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Really

Yeah! And flabbergasted!

One of the useless ministers in Buhari's govt..soon he would show them the way out

Na so you dey make mouth.

I pray and hope my prayer is answered in heaven.

Oga u don come, e better make u keep quiet make the army dey win d war jeje than make u open ur wide mouth dey fin BH trouble o.

This liar Mohammed again.
Have u blamed Gej today?

Oga lai,i cut yoruba cap for u oo,na u be baba

frm ''technically defeated'' to ''scattered,degraded,etc''

when bh hear dis one nw,dem go dey mad,dey burn burn nd kill kill everywhere nd everyting,including goats sev

Why is this old fool still talking

Must this old liar run his mouth always?

Na jeje bros boko dem siddon when this old dude go look for dem trouble with his careless talk oh

When the bros retaliate with guns and bombs, the liar will be in his peaceful house in abuja, leaving vulnerable citizens at the mercy of boko boys.

kontinu

Who still believe this this man. If you believe him then OYO for you

Any lie from lie Mohammed

Basket mouth don come again oooo

Lier! Devil punish you there.I wish I can slap this idiot.Move you ass to live in Maiduguri.So he has mouth to talk again? Issue your usual press statement about the fraudulent budget your oga @ the top released.

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trouble dey sleep, lie muhammed wan wake am up again.

This man always says the truth. . We believe u sir.

Oga relocate to borno if you want us to belive you

The hugely-budgeted Ministry Liar is at it again.

Lie Muhammed ===>》NATIONAL LYING MACHINE

Lies cooked from the pit of were ever dem dey cook am choi tomorrow now we go hear say bomb explode for bus park Mr lie stop distracting our nigeria army with these ur big big language nd I taught u said nigeria army dey use made in China weapons

Wailers sef.... Wailers & pdp won't agree that their party cell(bokoharam) is being defeated, their party sponsor cum chairman won't be happy neither.
Wailers are bokoharam sympathizers.
Cc; O Ye Wailers.
The truth has spoken!

Uncle Lai y not let us be the judges of that? U see, my worry is not u but d soft targets. If memory serves us right, former CDS Air Marshal Alex Badeh got an explosion reply each time he made such public declarations. So pls history MUST not repeat itself.

chronic liar. liar mohammed should relocate to sambisa first before we take him serious.

Uncle LIE!, you can LIE º˚˚˚ºO!

Only if a credible source says lai Muhammed has a house, families and businesses in sambisa is when I will believe that