Jonathan’s trip to the North-East
MARCH 11, 2015 BY UCHE IGWE
Uche Igwe
At last, President Goodluck Jonathan visited the troubled areas of Baga and Mubi recaptured from the Boko Haram insurgents by the Nigerian military. It was nice to see the President visit injured soldiers, commend and encourage those at the battlefield. It was nice to hear him chant, “Never again.” The visit constituted a big and commendable boost in the morale of the soldiers for which we must applaud the President. To many observers, such a visit at least shows that Boko Haram insurgents are not those invincible and indomitable entities that their regular virtual propaganda projects them to be. It will be fair assessment to say that since then, the renewed assault of the Nigerian military in collaboration with the multi-national forces, has been consistently productive in degrading the terrorists. As I write, Nigerian troops have captured Buni Yadi and Buni Gari towns while Chadian soldiers have taken over border towns of Dikwa and Damask. Many more towns have been liberated and Boko Haram has suffered more casualties in these past three weeks than they had suffered in the past three years. Many Internally Displaced Persons scattered across the country are excited at the prospects of returning to their communities.
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