TERRORISM: Jonathan should review strategy.....

Boko Haram

Human rights lawyer, Mr. Femi Falana (SAN), has urged President Goodluck Jonathan to review his strategy for tackling the menace of Boko Haram in the country. The lawyer said in a statement on Sunday that the emergency rule imposed in some parts of the country had not made any meaningful impact in the affected states.
He said, “Notwithstanding the imposition of emergency rule and the militarization of the North East region for over six months the reckless killings of unarmed people by the dreaded Boko Haram sect have become a regular phenomenon .

“Last Sunday, hundreds of worshipers were butchered in a church in the Chibok area in Borno State.
“It is embarrassing that such mayhem is being unleashed on defenseless citizens unabated. Yet, the Federal Government has continued to assure the Nigerian people of the safety of their lives and property. In spite of such assurances, the killings are likely to continue as the members of the
Joint Task Force are said to be ill – equipped, ill-motivated and ill -prepared to confront the superior weapons of the Boko Haram troops.
“It is high time that the prosecution of the war on terror was reviewed by the Goodluck Jonathan’s Administration.”
He also urged the security to embark on the enlightenment of the members of the public with respect to the adoption of security measures.
He said, “In particular, the people of the North East region should be mobilised to defend themselves as the local JTF has, on several occasions, repelled the invading Boko Haram troops and foiled many attacks.”
He said the foreign troops drafted to Nigeria to help in rescuing the abducted Chibok girls, having admitted that they lacked the capacity to do so, the only available choice was for the Federal Government to fight terror in collaboration with the Nigerian people.
“Now that the foreign troops have admitted they lack the capacity to rescue the abducted Chibok girls the Federal Government should appreciate that the war on terror has to be waged by the armed forces in collaboration with the Nigerian people.
” Accordingly, the Federal Government ought to acquire the much needed equipment and provide other logistics for the JTF. Having deployed 36,790 armed soldiers, police and civil defence personnel to maintain ‘law and order’ during the recently concluded governorship election in Ekiti State the Federal Government has no justification for under policing
the North East region.”