Minister of Information and Culture Lai Mohammed on Monday said Nigeria might remain at the mercy of Boko Haram due to denied access to adequate ammunition.
He made this statement during a visit to Benue State, adding that the recent killing of 43 farmers in Borno was “unfortunate.”
“When we talk about terrorism, people don’t seem to appreciate that terrorism is not a local issue, it is a global issue and there is no part of the world that doesn’t experience its own pocket of terrorism,” Mohammed said.
“But you must also note that we are dealing with terrorists who are financed globally and we also need more support from global partners, for instance, Nigeria has made an attempt to acquire a better and more effective platform to deal with terrorists but for one reason or the other we have been denied this platform, these weapons and without adequate weapons or platform we remain at the mercy of terrorists.”
Governor Samuel Ortom commended the Federal Government for the deployment of Operation Whirl Stroke to the state.
