The leadership and members of the Northern Elders Professionals and Stakeholders’ Forum (NEPSF) have lambasted those it called “opposition elements and political charlatans” for using the death of soldiers in the hands of Boko Haram insurgents as campaign weapon.
In a statement yesterday in Abuja, the nation’s capital, by the forum’s National President, Chief Simon Shango, also faulted the calls by Pan-Yoruba socio-cultural organisation, Afenifere, for the sack of the Service Chiefs by President Muhammadu Buhari.
The statement reads: “It belittles reasoning and sense of patriotism that ethnic bigots, enemies of Nigeria, political charlatans, particularly the opposition elements in Nigeria, to so bizarrely seek to use the deaths of our soldiers in the hands of our mortal enemies as a campaign weapon to feather their political nests.
“Nigerians with untainted hearts have seen and felt the victories of our gallant troops against Boko Haram terrorists a countless times. And the determination of Nigerian troops to sustain the winning streak against insurgents has remained unbroken and staunch.
“We have no scintilla of doubt that the war against terrorism as championed by Nigerian Army and other security agencies is on course. And Nigerians are poised to resist any attempt to politicise these efforts.
“We shall not accept any unwarranted criticisms, as we encourage you to ride on. We pledge our continued support.
“We are obliged to call for more synergy among the various arms of the Nigerian military in the fight against insurgency in our nation. We want to see more support to our ground troops from the Air Force, especially at critical times, as revealed by the incident in Metele, Borno State.”
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