Boko Haram Yet to be Emasculated, Fayose Tells FG

  • Sympathises with families of slain soldiers

By Victor Ogunjein Ado Ekiti

Ekiti State Governor, Mr. Ayodele Fayose, has commiserate with families of the army captain and five other soldiers reportedly killedyesterday by Boko Haram insurgents during an  attacked on a brigade in Buni Yadi, Yobe State, calling on the federal government to stop deceiving Nigerians with stories of defeat of Boko Haram terrorists and return of Chibok girls.

The governor, who maintained that the ongoing war against the Boko Haram terrorists can only be won through truthful information by the federal government and cooperation of all Nigerians, asked: “If indeed Boko Haram has been defeated, where are those suicide bombings and attacks coming from?”

In a statement issued yesterday, by his Special Assistant on Public Communications and New Media, Lere Olayinka, Fayose said: “Nigerians are faced with many wars now, Boko Haram is just one of them and it is worrisome that we are not being told the truth about anything.

“It is like a patient telling his doctor that nothing is wrong with

him. How will such patient be treated?”

He said it was funny that the federal government was celebrating the recovery of what they called Boko Haram flag as a sign of defeat of the insurgents while more daring attacks were being made by the same Boko Haram against the army, killing our gallant soldiers.

“The reality is that insecurity has increased in Nigeria more than

President Muhammadu Buhari met it. Herdsmen have even killed more Nigerians than Boko Haram in the last one year while hundreds have died through extrajudicial killings by security agencies,” the governor said.

Speaking  on the  21 Chibok girls, said to have been rescued, the governor maintained that the real story behind the Chibok girls

abduction will be told one day.

He said the federal government must have to tell Nigerians why the 21 rescued Chibok girls have not returned to their families since last year October.

“Have you ever seen anyone that will be in captivity for that long and won’t be eager to reunite with his or her family two months after regaining freedom?

“If the girls are truly Chibok girls, their freedom must be total.

They must also be allowed to tell their own stories. “However, as it appears, the girls may have moved from one captivity to another,” he said.

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