A member of the House of Representatives representing Chibok/Damboa/Gwoza Federal constituency, Ahmed Jaha, has said that Boko Haram insurgents now use more sophisticated weapons and ammunition than men of the Nigerian Army.

Jaha, who sounded distraught, mentioned that only recently, 10 peasant farmers were slaughtered in Pulka, 14 in Chibok, and military officers were killed in Izge and Kampu. He said Boko Haram terrorists now used weaponized drones during their attacks.

“I have seen it. Nobody told me. I was there,” he stated.

Jaha warned the House not to be complacent, saying between 2015 and 2019, the government spent N19.7 trillion on security, “yet Boko Haram is resurging worse than ever. We must do proper oversight.”

“Mr. Speaker, I am talking as a victim of the recent resurgence of an insurgence of Boko Haram. I went to my constituency on Saturday to sympathize, to condole with the people that lost their lives as a result of this sporadic, uninterrupted attack.

In my constituency, in Pulka constituency, ten peasant farmers went out to scavenge for what we call sawroot. Peasant farmers were slaughtered by Boko Haram members, and five are still at large and three are critically ill in the hospital. In Chibok, 14 peasant farmers were attacked in their community.

In less than a blink of an eye, they reduced 14 people to nothing. New motorcycles, new AK-47 kill people when they are running for their own lives. I lost two military men, a captain and a senior officer, as a result of Boko Haram insurgency.

In Kampu, I lost two men and one military officer as a result of the Boko Haram insurgency.

This will be on record. They are using armed drones, weaponised drones, which the Nigerian army is not using. In other words, they are more sophisticated and advanced than the Nigerian army.

Boko Haram is coming back worse than what we had in the past. Take it or leave it. Boko Haram, whatever name you call them, they are coming back. Let us do something serious in order not to go back to our days when 22 local governments out of 27 local governments of the world were occupied by Boko Haram.

We shouldn’t be complacent with this. I align with the Honourable Deputy by saying that we should do our own part by doing the proper oversight, as many expected, because between 2015 and 2019, the Nigerian government spent 19.7 trillion on security issues. I have the record with me. So we shouldn’t be complacent.”