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| Theophilus Danjuma |
Theophilus Danjuma, a retired lieutenant-general and former army
chief, said Boko Haram’s ability to gather intelligence has become 100
percent better than that of the Nigerian military.
The Cable reports that Danjuma said the fight against Boko Haram is
entering its most critical stage and Nigerians “must brace up” to
weather the new challenge.
He was speaking in Sokoto Tuesday at the opening of the new
secretariat for the Catholic Diocese built by Matthew Kukah, the
bishop.
According to him, with Nigeria winning the territorial war, the
insurgents have now devised a strategy of disappearing into wider
civilian population and setting up sleeping cells who wreak havoc on
softer targets.
He said this new strategy has not only bolstered the intelligence
capability of the terrorists but has made them have superior
surveillance techniques than Nigeria’s security agencies.
“When Boko Haram openly denounced all religions, Muhammadu
Buhari called them terrorists and urged all Muslims to consider them as
such,” he said.
“Later, some who chose to remain on the fence realised the threat posed to all and reluctantly joined in condemning Boko Haram.
“Having sleeping cells among the generality of the population
has made them have intelligence capability that is 100 percent better
than that of our security agencies.”

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