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Friday, April 20, 2012

JONATHAN SEEKS FOREIGN ASSISTANCE TO TACKLE BOKO HARAM


German Chancellor Angela Merkel (R) chats with Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan

Abuja — PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan has appealed to the German government to assist Nigeria tackle the Boko Haram menace by deploying German technology to track down the terror group.
Jonathan, who is on a state visit to Germany, made the call  during a media briefing with German Chancellor, Angela Merkel in Berlin, Germany. The president also assured investors that Nigerian government was deploying all arsenals within its disposal to guarantee the security of investors and their investments.
He said:  “As a nation, we have security challenges because most investors talk about security. At present, we have the local terrorist group code named Boko Haram. From publications on this terrorist group, it paints a very gloomy picture as if the whole country is in tatters. These terrorists operate in some states in the north east part of the country but go into other states from time to time.
“But what I can assure the global community, especially our investors from Germany, is that government is working very hard to bring it under control.”
He admitted that the Boko Haram sect took the security services by surprise as they employed tactics that were alien to the security apparatus but assured that government was on top of the situation.
He, however, added that “the area we expect our development partners especially countries like Germany to help is in terms of our security architecture, training and providing us with some modern equipment. You have to fight terrorists with technology because terrorists do not need to come with a rifle and you confront them one on one. They will surprise you, they will not come to engage you except to defend themselves occasionally.
BY Ben Agande & Inalegwu Shaibu

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