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Nigeria winning Boko Haram war, says Jonathan
President Goodluck Jonathan on Friday said contrary to
media reports, the Federal Government had started winning
the war against the Boko Haram sect.
He boasted that for about a week now, there have been no
further reports of the sect seizing more territory.
A statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Dr.
Reuben Abati, quoted the President as speaking at the
opening of the meeting of Nigeria’s Honorary International
Investment Council holding in London.
Jonathan further boasted that the nation’s armed forces were
succeeding in pushing the insurgents back.
He accused a section of the media of churning out falsehood,
creating the impression that the security situation is
worsening.
“We are improving on security. For about a week now there
have been no reports of Boko Haram seizing more territory.
Rather, we are steadily pushing them back.
“The impression being created by sections of the media that
the situation is worsening is not true. I can assure you that it
will never get worse,” Jonathan reportedly told the council
members led by Baroness Lynda Chalker.
The President said Federal Government, the Armed Forces
and security agencies are working very hard to ensure that
the ability of Boko Haram to capture and hold any Nigerian
territory is ended very soon.
He however appealed for greater support from the National
Assembly for the Federal Government’s efforts to curb
terrorism, insurgency and insecurity in the country.
Jonathan was quoted to have told the council members that
he had offered himself as a candidate in Nigeria’s next
presidential elections because he was convinced that with
four more years in office, he will be able to further
consolidate the positive national reforms initiated by his
administration and take them to a point of irreversibility for
the good of all.