Nigerian Military Are Scared Of Boko Haram - Chibok Chairman
Tsambido Hosea-Abana, the chairman of Chibok community in reaction to the inability of security agents to rescue the abducted female students of Government Girls Secondary School, Chibok, Borno State, said the military are scared of Boko Haram.
Daily Independent reports that the chairman made the remark in Abuja on Sunday while speaking at a daily sit-out of the #BringBackOurGirls group.
“I know now that the military are scared of Boko Haram. That is my conclusion after four months and our girls are not yet back. I don’t know if we can find another strategy that will help bring the girls back.
“For months now, if the military are really doing something, they would have brought our girls back. If there is a rescue operation, the girls would have been back by now.
“We don’t want stories any longer. Since the Nigerian Government does not want to negotiate, they
should go into the forest. After four months, there is nothing concrete. There is no information to show that there is a rescue mission.
“Something should be done, as the parents of the Chibok girls are living a life of uncertainty. They need answers,” he said.
Hosea-Abana said security operatives both from Nigeria and other countries that are currently engaged in the rescue mission to bring back the Chibok girls, were afraid of Boko Haram since they couldn’t achieve success after four months.
He said the security operatives should attack Boko Haram and bring back the girls if they really want to prove that they are not afraid.
According to him, security personnel are afraid of the terrorists because of fears of losing their lives, saying; “the families of the abducted girls are ready to sacrifice something provided the menace of Boko Haram are curbed.
Hosea-Abana, however, urged the Federal Government to empower the hunters and civilian JTF, who are prepared to engage the terrorists in Sambisa forest.
“The excuse of losing some of the girls by the military can no longer hold weight” he said.
Boko Haram, which was designated a terrorist group by the US in 2013, is known as Jama’atu Ahlis Sunna Lidda’awati Wal-Jihad. It started armed struggle in 2009, after the extrajudicial killing of its founder, Mohammed Yusuf, while in police custody.
The sect is responsible for the abduction of over 234 school girls from GGSS, Chibok, Borno State, a development that attracted the attention of international communities like France, U.S.A., China, Israel, Britain among others. All of them have volunteered to help Nigerian Government rescue the kidnapped Chibok girls, as well as to assist in the ongoing struggle with the dreaded terrorists’ sect.
The sect’s activities which have remained unchecked climax on Sunday August 24, 2014, when it declared an Islamic state in Gwoza area of Borno state. At the same time, troops remain demoralised. On August 19, 2014, about 30 Nigerian soldiers refused to proceed to Bama to engage Boko Haram insurgents because of inadequate weapons.
