Boko Haram terrorists are mere scavengers looking for food

The threat which Boko Haram terrorists pose in the North-east has been once again dismissed by President Muhammadu Buhari.

In a meeting with state governors and security chiefs on Tuesday, August 11, 2020, the President dispelled the commonly held assumptions that the terrorists possess better weapons than the military, and more money than the government.⁣

Garba She u, his spokesperson, Garba Shehu, quoted him in a statement as describing what’s left of the terrorist group as “mere scavengers desperate for food, raiding shops and markets, and killing innocent persons in the process”.⁣

Despite his dismissal, the president expressed concern about how the terrorists are still able to access weapons despite the fact Nigeria has shut down its land borders with neighbouring countries since 2019.⁣

He promised the governors that service chiefs have strict instructions to rejig the military’s operations, and admitted that Nigeria’s intelligence-gathering must be improved.