We’ll win war against terror -Badeh

Chief of Defence Staff, Air Chief Marshal Alex Badeh, has said the resurgence of bombings in the country indicates that the violent Islamic sect, Boko Haram, is being dislodged from their hideouts. He therefore assured Nigerians that the military is capable of overcoming the security challenges bedeviling the country. Badeh, speaking in Jos after visiting the scene and victims of the twin blast at the Jos University Teaching Hospital, on Thursday, Badeh said the activities of terrorists in the country would soon be over. He however said the fight against terror required patience and perseverance and urged Nigerians join hands with security agencies in the task of winning the war on terror. Badeh said, “The insurgents are moving out of the North-Eastern part of the country because of the pressure the military is putting on them. So, it’s no longer a safe haven for them to operate and they are moving to other softer targets and we will follow them. “Fight against insurgency is not something you win in one day, but we will eventually overcome. Some people have fought it for over 40 years and they are still at it. “For Nigeria we started our own over a year ago by declaring state of emergency and we have already done so much in the North-East, that the insurgents are running from there to look for softer targets. “My impression is that they are being cowards, because coming to the market to come and kill people who leave day by day, the poorest of the poor , you come and kill them. What they are trying to do is to intimidate us, but you know that terror will not deter us from being Nigerians. “We will continue to do what we are doing, we will continue to leave our lives, terror will not succeed.” He allayed the fears that some explosives at the scene might not have exploded. “The security agencies in Nigeria are doing so much, that if we tell you the number of arrests and the number of things that we’ve ot, you would be scared,” he said.