The National chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Chief Odigie
Oyegun, has said that President Muhammadu Buhari is winning the war
against Boko Haram.
Chief Oyegun said before the administration of Buhari, the sect had
created territories in some northern states in the country.
According to him, Boko Haram which has been denied its territories by the
government’s efforts has resorted to bombing.
Oyegun, who spoke on The Osasu Show aired on Independent Television (ITV),
said government is working intensively to match the change of tactics by
the sect.
The APC chairman said: “He is defeating the insurgency. Maybe I need to
put what I said a little more clearly. Before Buhari, the insurgents were
controlling, governing, and ruling Nigerian territory that was larger than
most European countries.
“They did not bother about the bombing aspect because they had
territories, they were ruling Nigerians. That is the extremist point. They
have been deprived of that. So what I said, it’s very unfortunate, very
tragic, and that we must stop in short order.
“It is the most difficult thing to contain in the immediate term, but the
government is working very intensively to match these changes of tactics
by Boko Haram. Don’t forget they started by bombings, then when they saw
that they could hold territory they shifted to wanting to create their own
country within a county.
“I don’t know what they do to this young people to make them want to kill
themselves and kill others. The reality is that if someone makes up his
mind to die, then we do have a problem on our hands. But that problem too
is one that is being confronted by the President Muhammadu Buhari
administration. It requires totally new tactics.”
Oyegun explained that the decision by the President to move the entire
command to the battle front created the inspirational platform because the
troops need to believe they had a Commander-in-Chief that cared.