INSURGENCY: Boko Haram has cost Nigeria more than civil war — DONALD DUKE

Former Governor of Cross River State, Mr. Donald Duke, yesterday, said that what Nigeria has lost to the Boko Haram revolt, over the most recent seven years of its threat, is much more than what was lost amid the common war.

Talking at a meeting sorted out by the National Movement for Positive Change, NMPC, in Lagos, Duke lamented that a few Nigerians have turned Boko Haram insurrection to cash making dare to the burden of the nation's tranquility and advancement. He stated: "Boko Haram has gone longer than the common war. Boko Haram has been on for around six to seven years now, though, the common war was three years. In genuine terms, it has taken a toll us more than the common war, as far as human and material assets.

"The Boko Haram emergency is additionally financial and it is getting further now since they have understood that the most ideal approach to get more cash is to catch a couple of young ladies, get about $10 million to discharge them and a half year later seize another set and profit. "There is a crucial issue in our Armed Forces, their endeavors can't be questioned yet there is an issue some place. I trust the men and ladies in the Armed Forces are significantly more clever and presented to manage this issue." In his comments, the President of NMPC, Mr. Niyi Aborisade, said that a few people came to control with the guarantee of progress however "the incongruity is that they didn't illuminate Nigeria the sort of progress they planned to convey." Aborisade stated:

"The way this nation is being run isn't useful for the natives, so it is our obligation to make mindfulness and an empowering domain so individuals in this nation will know about their rights and their energy to convey positive change to this nation."