A former Minister of Health, Prof. ABC Nwosu has berated Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed for repeated claims that Boko Haram had been “technically defeated”.
Nwosu described the claim as ” irritating” in an interview with Sunday Vanguard.
He wondered how those constantly losing loved ones to ceaseless Boko Haram would take Mohammed’s claims.
Nwosu also lamented the constant loss of lives arising from clashes between herdsmen and farmers in the country.
He said, “The Buhari government deserves some credit for degrading Boko Haram but when Lai Mohammed goes about saying they have technically defeated Boko Haram, it is really irritating; especially to those who are constantly losing loved ones from Boko Haram insurgency.
“But what is extremely worrisome is the number of killings arising from herdsmen and farmers’ clashes and the inaction of government about it; it is not an opposition talk, it is reality talk. Anybody who does not see it is not being fair to this country. It has never happened in this country that Catholics worshipping were in danger and then priests killed on the altar; that we are not outraged by it shows that we are gradually losing our humanity. The same is with if it happens in a mosque.“