Edo state governor has said that the military has succeeded in incapacitating the Boko Haram sect, making it to look 'like a dead snake'.
Gov. Adams Oshiomhole
Speaking when he received Chief of Army Staff, Tukur Buratai, at the government house in Benin, the Edo state capital, Governor Adams Oshiomhole, said the military has succeeded in incapacitating the Boko Haram sect, making it to look 'like a dead snake' which might still continue to 'wriggle its body, but it’s dead', adding that under Buratai, the military had fared better in its war against insurgency.
Gov. Oshiomhole commended the army chief for leading by example and taking the initiative to visit his men in the frontline of the battle.
"Boko Haram has not exactly disappeared, but there is no doubt that they themselves will in their own way appreciate that things have changed, that the Nigerian side is better.
"They no longer have that audacity, that impunity to move freely without fear. Boko Haram is still there, but obviously there is no doubt it no longer has that capacity to harass us. I think whatever they do now is like a dead snake, it might still continue to wriggle its body, but it’s dead. It is only with time that the teeth will be removed.
"We in Edo state appreciate the leadership that you are providing for the Nigerian armed forces and the Nigerian army in particular. We watch you on television and we see a very senior officer going to meet his officers and men right in the battle field, sharing the dust, the sun and all the deprivations, the sort of thing you sometime see in foreign countries. I think that you are leading by example in every sense of the word.
"You are doing a terrific job for Nigeria, and I believe that we are the beneficiaries, we the civilian population. we are very impressed with your leadership, we are impressed with your style, we are impressed and excited with your total commitment that people can see from your body language and from your action in the battle field.
"We can only pray that God will give you more strength, more wisdom and even better courage that this war which is already won that you sustain it, and in the very near future our brothers and sisters who have been displaced, some of whom are in Edo state, will have the confidence to be able to return to their various homes and get on with their lives the way it was before the word ‘Boko Haram’ ever emerged in our national discourse," he said.