Maku Attributes Increased Boko Haram Violence On Media Publicity

Labaran Maku, the Minister of Information, has taken a swipe at media practitioners over their reportage of the activities of the radical Islamist sect, Boko Haram.

Speaking on Wednesday at a press briefing in Abuja after the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting, he alleged that it was the generous media coverage that journalists were giving to the Islamic sect that had increased their onslaught in the country.
Maku noted that extra attention being given to the activities of Boko Haram in some parts of the country was all they needed to unleash more terror on innocent citizens.
According to Leadership, the minister, while fielding questions from State House correspondents, stated that terrorist groups all over the world excel more when they get maximum media reportage of their attacks, adding that terrorist only aim was to destabilise the polity and also display their evil acts.
"Editors are just too happy to make headline of the terrorists bomb explosion, forgetting that the more you give them headline the more they are energized because that is all they need to remain in business. If you black them out of the news for six months, they will feel frustrated," Maku said.