The Islamic terrorist has vow to ruin Jonathan administration with their daily killing. The president Ebele Gudlock Jonathan on Friday said the country was at war with Boko Haram, apparently backing off previous claims that the Islamist rebels were on the run and desperate to destroy this country.
Jonathan has termed the ongoing military offensive in Boko Haram north-eastern stronghold a success and maintained that normality will be restored to the embattled region by May. Though people have been criticizing President Goodluck Jonathan's administration over its handling of the conflict, both for its inability to stop massive attacks on powerless civilians and for what some have described as mixed and contradictory messages on the severity of the crisis.
On Friday, president's spokesperson Doyin Okupe told the private Channels television station that the Boko Haram conflict was a "war situation". "We are dealing with a very, very serious enemy," he said. We are engaged in a war that has been internationalized," he added in an apparent reference to Boko Haram's reported but unconfirmed presence in neighboring countries like Cameroon.
The conflict has killed thousands since 2009 but many argue the plight of civilians in the northeast has worsened since the military began its operation in May. Since then, nearly 300 000 people have been displaced in the region, according to the UN, and more than 1 500 people killed, according to the UN and figures compiled by AFP. "It is very difficult, very costly in terms of lives lost. But we will overcome," Okupe said. "We are in the dying phase of this insurgency."
The ministry of defense on Thursday said the insurgents were "desperate" to escape Nigeria because of military pressure and would be "degraded towards elimination shortly".With all this, we need to be at alert.
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