The
story carried by some newspapers in the country titled, ‘why military
can’t defeat Boko Haram’, credited to have been given by the military
high command is purely and unreservedly misleading and can best be
described as a figment of press imagination. As far as the military is
concerned Boko Haram insurgency is within the ambit of what the Nigerian
Armed Forces can handle.
The story which
claimed that Service Chiefs decried inadequate equipment and non release
of 2015 military votes as the reason of continued insurgency is equally
scurrilous and calculated to diminish the armed forces. The story is
false and far from what happened when the service chiefs visited the
leadership of the senate.
But for avoidance of
doubt, the visit of the military leadership to the senate president was
purely a closed-door meeting aimed at intimating the senate about the
level of successes recorded in the onslaught against Boko Haram and to
assure the National Assembly and all Nigerians that the military is
winning and will soon see the end of this menace called Boko Haram.
Consequently,
the newspaper captions are inappropriate and misleading designed to
further confuse the general public about the situation in the North
East. While still soliciting the support of the media in the fight
against insurgents, the Defence Headquarters is using this opportunity
to appeal to the media to eschew any report capable of inciting or
encouraging the terrorists to continue their terror attacks on innocent,
law-abiding citizens.
The Defence Headquarters
is always ready to give all necessary pieces of information to the
general public. We therefore urge the media to always verify the sources
of story especially, in matters that touch on national security and
defence.
RABE ABUBAKAR
Brigadier General
Acting Director Defence Information
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