By Don Silas Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, has assured Nigerians that the Federal Government is ready to battle terrorists ...
By Don Silas
Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, has assured Nigerians
that the Federal Government is ready to battle terrorists responsible for
attacks across the country and totally eliminate them.
Aregbesola said this while describing the attack on the Kuje
custodial centre and similar attacks in Nigeria as a “fallout” of the Federal
Government’s success against terrorism.
The minister stated this during a tour of correctional
centres in Lagos State on Tuesday.
“We are not vulnerable,” Aregbesola said. “There might be
issues with motivation, we aren’t vulnerable.
“I want us to be very clear in our minds that if you fail to
appreciate the efforts of the government, it would be too sad. A time was when
almost three-quarters of North-East was under the siege of the insurgents. That
isn’t the case today.
“The insurgents don’t have a foothold anywhere anymore. So,
for us to be that successful in combating insurgency, we must expect some
fallout. The fallout is what we are having. And that is what you see when any
phenomenon is about to die.
“So, the insurgents and the associated evil companions, the
bandits and the other coward criminals are taking advantage of the fact that
the siege in their main theatre has weakened and scattered them. So they are
desperately looking for relevance.
“My assurance to Nigerians is that we are up to it. We are
not giving up. We are ready to give them the battle that will totally eliminate
them.”
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