The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, said on Wednesday that the Nigerian military had met the December deadline to defeat the Boko Haram terrorists.
The minister said this during his maiden meeting with editorial heads of media houses in Lagos.
President Mohammadu Buhari had, upon assuming office, issued a December 31 deadline to the military to defeat the Boko Haram terrorists.
“Today, I can report that the war against Boko Haram is largely won. I can confidently say this because just recently, I led a group of 33 journalists from both the local and international media to the hotbed of the insurgency, that is, Maiduguri, Kondugua, Kaoure and Bama.
“Today, I can report to you that the entire 70 plus kilometres stretch from Maiduguri to Bama and all the way to Banki which leads to Cameroun and the Central African Republic are in the hands of our gallant troops.”
He said the military presence could be felt every few metres along the road.
“At a point along that road we were just a kilometre to Sambisa forest. They have so degraded the capacity of Boko Haram that the terrorists can no longer hold on to any territory just as they can no longer carry out any spectacular attack.”
Mr. Mohammed, however, said that although there were still cases of suicide bombings, it was pertinent to note that such was the nature of insurgency globally.
Here’s what Nigerians have to say:
Lai Mohammed: Do not give undue publicity to Boko Haram BH: attack, kills 10s Media: silence.. Lai Mohammed: We have defeated Boko Haram
— iBelieve (@fransysok) December 24, 2015
During GEJ, the yardstick for measuring success against Boko Haram was rescue of #ChibokGirls. Today, the yardstick is Lai Mohammed
— iBelieve (@fransysok) December 24, 2015
On B’Haram, Lai Mohammed’s govt set the exam questions for themselves, marked the scripts, and have declared the results. Its an ‘A’!
— OLUWAFEMI (@olufemisp) December 24, 2015
This WEEK , ISWAP killed 100+ in Nigeria, deployed 4 suicide bombers in Chad & mounted attacks n Cameroon and Niger, yet Lai Mohammed…
— Mr. Aye Dee (@MrAyeDee) December 23, 2015
“@NigeriaNewsdesk: ‘We Have Defeated Boko Haram As Promised’ – Lai Mohammed https://t.co/LqghiHLjft via @heraldng http://pic.twitter.com/Gli94kAiDg
— chimuanya (@chimuanya147) December 24, 2015
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