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General News of Thursday, 13 February 2020

Source: www.mynigeria.com

Boko Haram now in Lagos, terrorism to remain for years - Burutai

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The Chief of Army Staff, Lt. General Tukur Buratai, has said that Boko Haram insurgents are now in Lagos State.

Burutai made this known while speaking on Arise TV where he disclosed that the terrorist group is now scattered all over the country.

According to him, though Boko Haram has been defeated by the military, terrorism would remain in Nigeria for years.

He said: “We have defeated insurgency, but facing the challenge of terrorism.

“There is nowhere you will not find Boko Haram – even in Lagos here, there is Boko Haram. In Kaduna, there is Boko Haram. There are more across the North-east. Many have been arrested here in Lagos. We have been tracking them. We arrest them and take them into custody.

“We must differentiate between insurgency and terrorism. I have tried to tell them at the National Assembly. Someone said three local governments are under Boko Haram. How?

“These guys are not controlling any territory. They attempted to establish their territory, caliphate in Gwoza but they have not been able to because they were flushed out. That is insurgency. They are not holding any territory.

“Typically, that is the end if insurgency. But what of terrorism? Terrorism will outlive you and me and probably everybody in this house because terrorism, since it started, just like armed robbery, like kidnapping, burglary, cultism, it would continue.

“These are all smaller parts of terrorism. It is when it goes higher that you have arsons, like it happened in Borno yesterday, murder and so on deliberately, no cause.”