Nigerian Govt Is Not Telling The World The Truth about Boko Haram, Northern Youths Say *Death toll rises to 60 in militia attack

Northern Youths Leadership Forum (NYLF) has lamented that the federal government and military have continue to use propaganda to sweep the continuing carnage under the radar of the media so it appears well, and refuse to take responsibility for weekly deaths of soldiers and citizens in the fight against the Boko Haram in the Northeast.

The forum  was reacting to the recent bomb blast that rocked Mubi town and last  Monday militia attack on four villages of Numan Local Government Area of Adamawa State which resulted to the killing of over 50 people and 60 people respectively in the two separate attacks.

He noted that the security challenges were becoming unbearable in the Northeast, adding that if the military had mopped up the Sambisa forest as claimed, why is the insurgents operating from the dreaded forest again?

Speaking, NYLF National Chairman, Afiyo Elliot, said there are no two Sambisa forest "if truly the military had cleared Sambisa forest of insurgency, why are insurgents living and organising their operations from the forest?

According to him, an intelligence reports made available to them indicated that the Boko Haram insurgents are still the occupants of the forest where they plan and carry out their operations.

He said the true situation about the activities of Boko  Haram insurgency and herdsmen/farmers crisis especially in the Northeast was hidden by the military and other security agencies from Nigerians.

"There is a big disconnection between what we are told and what is real," he said

While the chairman condemned the two separate attacks in strong terms, he said if the military has degraded the insurgents as they claimed, why are the recent bombings occurring continuously as more lives have been lost to these attacks than when the insurgents were using smaller weapons to fight.

The chairman said the authority should stop using the tool of propaganda to deceive Nigerians but to tell Nigerians the truth in order to allow them offer genuine prayers and seek solace from God.

Elliot said if they continue to tell lies, God might not answer the prayers of Nigerians, adding that telling the true situation might attract help from somewhere else

However, Senator Abubarkar Girei also condemned the attack in a strong term, describing it as demonic and inhuman that every Nigerians should condemned the unholy act perpetrated by the insurgents.

Girei, who was one time the governorship aspirant of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Adamawa State, further explained that caution should be taken to checkmate the activities of the insurgency if nothing is done to stop the incessant attack on citizens of the Northeast, the situation will be worse.

General Buba Marwa (rtd) also join prominent Nigerians to condemned the act perpetrated by the Boko Haram terrorists as he explained that the military should step up its strategies to contained the onslaught of the terrorists.

Also, Northeast Chairman of Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association (MACBAN), Mafindi Danburam, said for now, 60 people were killed in the attacks as the death toll continued to rise.