Gudumbali: ‘Troops’ superiority demonstrates confidence in Buhari’s govt’

A group, Coalition for Truth and Justice, has stated that the promptness with which troops of the Nigerian Army repelled the Boko Haram attack in Gudumbali “inspires hope and confidence in the Nigerian Army and its leadership” made possible by the President Muhammadu Buhari-led government.
The group, in a statement issued yesterday in Abuja by its national coordinator, Charles Timothy Esq., said the troops did not just repel the terrorists, but also regained control of the entire local government and its headquarters.
He said “this is further proof to the position of the federal government that the Boko Haram terrorists have been degraded and defeated and have lost most of their tools for terrorising the civil populace,” adding that “this last desperate attempt cannot, therefore, be viewed from any other angle other than what it is, a desperate push to re-build their base which has failed.” “In this particular instance, we have seen a military which once operated with a dampened moral that it fled from such attacks, now immediately regaining momentum, restrategising and plummeting the ranks of the attackers in the fraction of a second.
“We have seen a military that is firmly rooted that it is no longer taken aback or wearied by irritable provocations.
This can only be possible with a troop that is not just high in moral but has been equipped with the right tools and weapons to prosecute such operations.
This also is statement of confidence on the military High Command.” “There was an instance recently when someone claimed there was bomb in Maiduguri whereas there was none.
We must as a people come to terms with the fact that in our midst, are people who celebrate only the negative, but are silent when the nation scores a point.
“We commend the Nigerian military for rising to the occasion and we urge all citizens to continue to pray for the wellbeing and success of the troops as they are peopled by personnel who also have families and relations and feel pains like the rest of us,” he said.