President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday declared that his government has weakened Boko Haram.<\/p>\n
He said this in reaction to the attack on Garkida in Adamawa State.<\/p>\n
Buhari, in a statement by his spokesman, Garba Shehu, condemned the attack and assured that no part of Nigeria would be abandoned.<\/p>\n
He said: \u201cThese attacks on soft targets by the terrorists are obvious signs of frustration because my administration has significantly weakened Boko Haram\u2019s military capability to invade and hold Nigerian territory unchallenged.<\/p>\n
\u201cOur gallant forces deserve our appreciation for repelling the attackers but they must go beyond this point. They have our full support to go after the terrorists and have them pay a huge price.<\/p>\n
\u201dI want to assure the country that terrorists will continue to face the combined power of our military until they give up their mistaken ways.<\/p>\n
\u201cThese occasional and episodic attacks on poor civilians by the terrorists are mere propaganda efforts to portray them as strong in order to fool the public into believing that they haven\u2019t been militarily weekend by our gallant troops.\u201d<\/p>\n
Buhari assured that in the coming weeks, Nigerians would witness an aggressive campaign to rout Boko Haram once and for all.<\/p>\n
\u201cSecurity will continue to be well funded despite the competing needs of social services.<\/p>\n
\u201dI appeal to Nigerians to continue to support our troops in their gallant efforts to protect the citizens and secure the country,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday declared that his government has weakened Boko Haram. He said this in reaction to the attack on Garkida in Adamawa State. Buhari, in a statement by his spokesman, Garba Shehu, condemned the attack and assured that no part of Nigeria would be abandoned. He said: \u201cThese attacks on soft targets […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":15873,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,29,14],"tags":[45,97],"class_list":["post-21815","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-head-lines","category-policy","tag-boko-haram","tag-buhari"],"yoast_head":"\n