Nigeria and Islamist Boko Haram: 20 organisations set to storm Sambisa forest, North East

The Centre for Social Justice, Equity and Transparency (CESJET) said it is set to storm Sambisa forest, north eastern Nigeria and other parts of the country with 20 other local and international organizations, like reported by dailypost.ng.

The group said the visit will further ascertain the level of success in the counter-insurgency war, as well as troops’ responsiveness to emergency and the current state of affairs of the various operations being carried out by the military.

Addressing journalists in Abuja, Joyce Ogwu, the CESJET Executive Director, said it was the group’s belief that the outcome of the tour will offer insight that would dampen the distraction currently placed in the path of the military.

The group while also reacting to the various reports in the aftermath of the recent adoption of 110 schoolgirls from Government Girls Science Technical College (GGSTC) Dapchi, Yobe State, cautioned individuals or politicians to desist from attempting to make political gains from the tragic incident.

According to her, the attack by the terrorists was a desperate attempt to continue to remain relevant using propaganda as the last tool after troops decimated them into near insignificance and being used as a shield by enemies of Nigeria who wanted to see the country fail.

“The devious purveyors of falsehood that are milking this tragedy are creating the impression that the counter-insurgency war has halted or has failed in the aftermath of the attack on Government Girls Science Technical College (GGSTC) Dapchi.

 “We have found such claims to not only be untrue but also mischief at its height. Our concern is that such manipulation of reality is calculated to boost the morale of Boko Haram terrorists to regroup from their defeat. They had earlier scattered into the desert and neighboring countries after the Nigerian Army dealt them crippling blows but are now being given confidence by those that are exploiting the Dapchi girls to instigate the terrorists to come back together. We are seeing a repeat of strategies earlier deployed by Boko Haram come into play all over again,” he said.

She stated that the war against insurgency was very much on course and President Muhammadu Buhari still deserved commendations for all that had been achieved in this regard.

She said, “Unlike the series of attacks in the past that showed the display of helplessness by the military, the Nigerian military has continued to maintain recovered grounds.

“It is apparent that those peddling negative stories about the war on insurgency do so because they believe they can instigate Nigerians to force the military to divulge full details of its strategy in the counter-insurgency war because there has been reported changes in the approach adopted against the terrorists.”