In a
statement issued in Abuja on Tuesday by its Interim National Publicity
Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the party said the attacks on Nigerian
Air Force planes and helicopters at the NAF base in the city was
particularly
disturbing, considering the hitherto effective use of aerial attacks against Boko Haram, which is widely believed to have carried out the attacks.
disturbing, considering the hitherto effective use of aerial attacks against Boko Haram, which is widely believed to have carried out the attacks.
It
said nothing in the world can justify such deadly attacks on the
military and the collateral deaths and damages inflicted on civilians.
APC however
called for a renewed strategy to combat the sect, which seems to retain
the capacity to carry out such a massive attack in a major city, despite
the successes which the military said it had recorded against it since
the declaration
of a state of emergency in three states last May.
of a state of emergency in three states last May.
The
party said such a strategy must place a great emphasis on the gathering
of intelligence through which such attacks can be nipped in the bud,
adding that failure of intelligence, more than anything else, made
Monday's attack possible.
It
called for a probe into how hundreds of attackers could so easily
infiltrate military facilities, which are believed to be highly secured.
''The probe must unravel why the security personnel in the city in
general and the military installations in particular were apparently
caught unawares by the attackers, who were reported by some newspapers
to number as many as 500, riding in trucks and motorcycles.
''If
military installations in a major city can be so easily overrun by a
band of marauders, then no one and no facilities are safe.
That's is why the government and the military must work hand in hand to
unravel why such a massive attack on military installations was
possible in the first instance,'' APC said.
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