Just in: Boko Haram attacks on soft targets, last kicks of a dying horse - Buhari

Just in: Boko Haram attacks on
soft targets, last kicks of a dying
horse - Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari said on
Sunday, November 26, that Boko Haram’s
wicked methods of using innocent children
for bomb attacks on soft targets are “the
last kicks of a dying horse’’.
The president said this at the
commissioning of the Pulaaku Radio
Station in Yola, Adamawa.
Buhari, who was represented by the
minister of Information and Culture,
Alhaji Lai Mohammed reiterated that
Boko Haram had been degraded.
“Let me be clear, Boko Haram has been
massively degraded and its surviving
members put on the run.
“Instead of being hunters, they are now
the hunted.
“In their desperation to stay relevant,
they have resorted to the wicked and
dastardly act of using innocent under-
aged children to carry out bomb attacks.
“What we are witnessing now are the
last kicks of a dying horse.
“A dying horse manages to engage in
some kicks. These kicks may be
dangerous, but they don’t last long.
“Progressively, they become weaker and
weaker until the horse finally gives up.’’
Buhari said that the war had moved to
the next phase, which would be
intelligence-driven.
In carrying out the second phase of the
war, the president said he had approved
the establishment of an intelligence
fusion centre in Maiduguri.
He said the centre which would gather
and share intelligence among security
agencies in the country would go a long
way in ending the campaign of
bombing.
According to him, the commissioning of
the Radio Station is, therefore, timely at
the time it is needed to leverage
information and communication to rev
up the intelligence-driven phase of the
war against terror.
The president called on the media,
especially radio and television to
continue to play their part by offering
their platforms to communicate useful
information to the populace.
He said the government would also
build on the nationwide campaign
inaugurated in 2016, with the payoff
line: “If you see something, say
something’’.
“It simply means that we need everyone
to be involved in getting the necessary
information to tackle the terrorists.
“They are not ghosts, and some of them
live among us.
“We must all, therefore, support our
gallant troops, many of whom have made
the supreme sacrifice in this war, by
providing information that can help rid
our communities of terrorists,’’ he said.
The president seized the opportunity of
the event to again, condole with the
government and people of Adamawa
over recent cowardly and inhuman
attacks by the terrorists in the state.