{"id":8292,"date":"2025-05-09T12:09:47","date_gmt":"2025-05-09T12:09:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/psmnigeria.org\/?p=8292"},"modified":"2025-05-09T12:12:42","modified_gmt":"2025-05-09T12:12:42","slug":"nigerias-defence-minister-speaks-on-use-of-drones-by-boko-haram","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/psmnigeria.org\/?p=8292","title":{"rendered":"Nigeria\u2019s defence minister speaks on use of drones by Boko Haram"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Minister of Defence, Mohammed Badaru, has described the alleged use of drones by insurgent groups like Boko Haram and its breakaway faction, Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP), as a \u201cguerrilla\u201d warfare aided by informants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The minister stated this on Wednesday while addressing journalists at the National Press Centre, Abuja, where the seventh 2025 ministerial press briefing was held.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This comes amidst lamentations by some federal lawmakers who raised concerns about the deadly resurgence of Boko Haram insurgency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On Tuesday, two lawmakers \u2013 Zainab Gimba and Ahmed Jaha \u2013 from&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/bornostate.gov.ng\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Borno State<\/a>&nbsp;decried the use of drones and foreign fighters by Boko Haram, with the latter saying that the armed group is \u201cmore sophisticated and advanced than the Nigerian Army.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><th class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\"><\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pixfuture.com\/advertisers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/th><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>\u2018That is not true\u2019 \u2014 Badaru fires back<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThat is not true. That is absolutely not true,\u201d Mr Badaru said when asked to comment about how daring the terror groups have become. \u201cWe have much more sophisticated weapons, and we have much more sophisticated drones.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He said the war on insurgency is not \u201cconventional.\u201d He described it as \u201ca guerrilla war,\u201d noting that \u201cthe terrorists watch us, they have information around us.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/forms.gle\/iLBQ9yxE99HTbYjh8\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He continued: \u201cThey help the people that we try to protect. And they give them information. And they jump at us in a way we don\u2019t expect.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAnd when they know that our surveillance mechanism is watching in some direction, because we cannot cover our area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cSo that is it, because they don\u2019t have more equipment than us. We have much more. We have much more sophisticated equipment. 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