Success Of Military War Against Terrorism Testament Of Nigeria’s Might, Firepower – Ekweremadu

Ike EkweremaduSpeaker of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Parliament and Nigeria’s Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu has said the ongoing state of emergency in Borno, Yobe and Adamawa States has so far been a success story.

Ekweremadu stated this while commending the Federal Government on the successful war against terrorism and insurgency in the country and other West African countries.

According to a statement issued by his media Adviser, Uche Anichukwu, Ekweremadu spoke at the opening of the 2013 Second Ordinary Session of the ECOWAS Parliament in Abuja on Monday.

The statement quoted Ekweremadu as saying that “the success of the subsisting state of emergency in some parts of the country has left no one in doubt that Nigeria does not have space or any iota of tolerance for terrorism and insurgency.

“It has demonstrated that Nigeria has the might and firepower to sack the merchants of terror as well as the profound compassion to forgive those who truly repent and turn away from willful destruction of lives and property.”

Ekweremadu added that Nigeria’s progress in the war against terrorism was particularly important to the sub-region given the country’s “strategic position as a key player in the integration project and indeed a pivot of political, social, and economic development in the sub-region.”