It said the institute has further restored hope in the fact that President Buhari’s counterterrorism approach has yielded success and defeating Boko Haram and other groups are possible. “The Institute for Peace has restored our hope with the release of its Global Terrorism Index 2017 which has reaffirmed our faith that terrorism can be defeated by showing that deaths from Boko Haram are on the decline. We see the Global Terrorism Index as a report to celebrate because it is important to fully appraise the efforts that have gone into achieving such reduction in the casualty rate occasioned by Boko Haram activities,” the statement added. Commenting further they said this international dimension has vouched for the Nigerian Military that it has made an impact even when according to them the reverse seems to be the case. According to them the degree of degradation of Boko Haram calls for more of this intelligence work as opposed to the military force and strategy that the Nigerian Army has deployed to bring Boko Haram to its present level.

Source: Nigerian Tribune November 23, 2017 16:39 UTC