By The Federal Government has accused some foreign bodies including human rights groups such as Amnesty International and the International Criminal Court of being used to frustrate the country’s efforts against Boko Haram insurgents.
This was according to the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, who spoke at a media briefing in Lagos, on Monday.
He said that threats of sanctions and other unwholesome tactics being used to demoralise the nation’s military only go to serve the interests of terrorists and further jeopardize Nigeria’s security.
The minister said, “The Federal Government frowns at this unbridled attempt to demoralize our security men and women as they confront the onslaught from bandits and terrorists. Nigeria did not join the ICC so it can become a pawn on the court’s chessboard.
“It beggars’ belief to see that a nation that is fighting an existential war against bandits and terrorists is constantly being held down by an international body, which it willingly joined.”
He said the country had made tremendous progress in tackling banditry and Boko Haram insurgency, despite the antics of another ‘fighting force’ against Nigeria.
Mohammed also spoke on the state of the nation, highlighting the achievements recorded by the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari in the outgone year, 2020.
