President Muhammadu Buhari says between 2015 when he took over government and now, the Nigerian Army Forces have significantly degraded terrorist sect, Boko Haram, reducing their activities to minor occurrences.
“I just came back from Adamawa and Yobe states. During the visit to both states, I listened carefully to what the people and officials had to say. And they all said the situation had improved since 2015, especially in Borno State,” Mr Buhari said during a discussion with representatives of the Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria who paid him a courtesy visit at the Aso Villa, Abuja.
Buhari described the Islamic terrorists sect as an organisation that was designed to wreak havoc on Nigeria and distabilise its existence
“Boko Haram was just fraudulent and a plot to destroy Nigeria. You can’t say people should not learn; the people need to grow intellectually,’’ he said, when he received executive members of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Nigeria at the State House, Abuja.
Buhari said the Boko Haram — which means western education is bad – is a dastardly ideology that was fraudulently plotted to destroy Nigeria, a design which he said has failed.
Nigeria has been fighting the war against the sect since 2013. Thousands of lives have been lost since terrorism started, while properties worth billions of naira have been lost.
The recent offensive by the military and other security agencies and civilian fighters has forced the terrorists to massively surrender to the authorities. Over 86,000 terrorists had surrendered to the military as at November of 2022.
