Capital Territory, FCT, Command, Mr. Little Okojie, has lamented that
government made little progress in curbing the menace of the militant
Islamist sect, Boko Haram, because communities shield members of the
sect.
Okojie, who spoke while hosting the new executives of the Nigeria
Union of Journalists, NUJ, Abuja council, decried the reluctance of
the people to provide useful information to security agencies on the
identity of the sect members and its operations.
He explained that the job of the agency was principally to prevent
crime, stating that the invisible mode of operation of members of the
sect had made it difficult to successfully dialogue with them.
According to him, the sect is usually represented by intermediaries
who will notdisclose the identity of members of the sect, making the
situation more complicated, unlike what happened with the Niger Delta
militants.
Okojie said the service and other security agencies were doing their
best to protect lives and property. He commended NUJ forits support to
the Service and other security agencies in the fight against crime.
He tasked journalists to give accurate and balanced account of every
event and situation, in line with the ethics of the profession,
pointing out that the command had had to approach the leadership of
the union on issues where the SSS disagreed with the media.
Earlier, Secretary of the Council, Mr. Emmanuel Ogbeche, expressed the
readiness of the council to partner with theService in the discharge
of its constitutionalduty.
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