Technically we have won the war against Boko Haram - Pres. Buhari

President Buhari says that his government has
technically won the war against Boko Haram. He
said this in an interview with BBC
"I assure you we haven't failed. Adamawa
state, Yobe state are free from Boko
Haram. Borno state which is there base, I
think they have two to three local
government. Boko Haram has reverted to
using IEDs Improvised Explosive Device,
indoctrinating young girls from 15 years
and below to go and explode it in churches,
mosques, market places, motorparks.
They have now been reduced to that but
articulated conventional attacks on centers
of communication and population in towns
and so on, they are no longer capable of
doing that effectively. So I think technically
we have won the war because people are
going back to their neighborhoods. We have
our committees on the ground liaising with
Local governments. People are going back.
Our major problem now is rehabilitation
because over 1.5 million Internally
Displaced Persons, repairing the
infrastructures, schools, health centers...the
number of bridges blown..that is what we
are facing now. But Boko Haram as an
organized fighting force, I assure you that
we have dealt with them"he said
When asked what his opinion is about Nigerians
criticizing him for always blaming the last
government instaed of focusing on how to make
the country better, he said
"I think they are being unfair. Boko haram was
effective on 16 local government areas before in
the three states. Borno Yobe and Adamawa. Yobe
and Adamawa are absolutely free and there are
about three local governments were Boko Harams
are there and I have told you they cannot marshal
forces and attack towns or military installation as
they did in Maiduguri before. I don't think this is
mere talking. We have moved Service Chiefs, we
re-organized the military. We have got some
hardware for them and we have gotten retraining
from the British, Americans and with the French.
A lot of is being done"he said
Listen to the interview here - http://
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p03cxhw9?ocid=
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