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Secretary of the All Progressives Congress, Lai Mohammed has stated that
“recent successes” recorded against Boko Haram, is a result of President
Muhammadu Buhari’s focused approach.
He said this while addressing a dinner organized by the Nigeria Union of
Journalists in Abuja, on Thursday. Mohammed, who was
conferred with the award of Fellow off the NUJ for his contributions to the
advancement of the journalism profession, hailed the media for its commitment
to nation building.
Urging newsmen to do
more work in coverage of the insurgency in the north east, Mohammed said “It is
not just enough for the media to daily chronicle the attacks and the death
tolls there from, they must also contextualise such reporting.
“In other words,
whereas there appears to have been a spike in Boko Haram attacks in recent
times, what is indeed happening is that the terrorists have been forced to
change tactics, because they have been weakened and put on the run.”
“Today, not a single local government in Nigeria
is under the control of Boko Haram, unlike in the recent past when they held a
huge swath of territory, installed their own emirs and even collected taxes.
The
APC spokesman further expressed confidence that Boko Haram will eventually be
crushed.
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