The Chief of Defence Staff, Christopher Musa, has declared that any member of the Lakurawa terrorists seen by Nigerian troops is as good as dead.
Musa was reacting to the court order that designated Lakurawa as a terrorist organization.
The Federal High Court in Abuja had proscribed the Lakurawa sect and other similar groups in any part of Nigeria.
Justice James Omotosho, in a ruling on the ex-parte filed by the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Mr Lateef Fagbemi, SAN, declared the group as a terrorist organisation.
Reacting, Musa said the Nigerian troops now have the legal backing to eliminate Lakurawa members.
Appearing on Channels TV’s Politics Today, the CDS said: “It makes a lot of difference and it means we can go after them with full force
“With the proscription of the Lakurawa sect as a terror group, there is a legal backing to actively eradicate them. Any Lakurawa member seen now is as good as dead.”
The Defence Chief also accused Boko Haram of using humans as shields.
”This Boko Haram thing is a lot, they have realised that we obey international law, they don’t, what do they do?
“They use human shields anytime they have something they hide among the people so we can’t shoot,” he added.
