The Presidency has insisted that the real Boko Haram is “defeated”.

Garba Shehu, the spokesman to President Muhammadu Buhari said this in a statement sent to Okay.ng on Tuesday.

He said: “The position of the Nigerian government is that the Boko Haram terrorism has been degraded and defeated. The real Boko Haram we know is defeated.”

In addition, the presidential spokesman said: “This is a fall out of the collapse of the Libyan State, and from farther away, of the Islamic State in Iraq, Syria, and Lebanon. They are taking advantage of our porous Sahelian borders.”

He noted that “What we have now is a mixture of remnants of the Boko Haram, fugitive criminals and the Islam in Maghreb together with West African terrorists bonding together.”

The statement reads in full:

“The position of the Nigerian government is that the Boko Haram terrorism has been degraded and defeated. The real Boko Haram we know is defeated.

“What we have now is a mixture of remnants of the Boko Haram, fugitive criminals and the Islam in Maghreb together with West African terrorists bonding together. This is a fall out of the collapse of the Libyan State, and from farther away, of the Islamic State in Iraq, Syria and Lebanon. They are taking advantage of our porous Sahelian borders.

“As a consequence of these international gangs, we have seen an increase of trans-border crimes and the proliferation of small arms in the Lake Chad Basin area. Outrages are common in Niger, Mali, Chad and Cameroon.

“Nigeria is a large country covering nearly one million square kilometres. This is roughly equivalent to the size of France and Germany put together. In addition to our porous borders, in the neighbouring Sahel-Sahara region, a lot of ungoverned areas provide haven for terrorists’ occupation and training.

“Without the tremendous efforts of our armed forces and the joint operations by the Nigeria-led Multinational Joint Task Force, MNJTF, formed by the countries of the Lake Chad Basin, this single problem of illegal arms flow would have been much worse.

“At the moment, the Nigerian government under President Muhammadu Buhari has made the country safer than it met it. In 2015 when he took power, Boko Haram terrorism was active in nearly half the number of states in the country. They controlled a territory the size of Belgium, with a flag and systems of administration and taxation of their own. Emirs and Chiefs had fled their domains along with hundreds of thousands of ordinary citizens. Such is no more; they have been taken from them.

“At present, terrorist activities have been confined to the remote, rural agrarian areas of Borno State and pockets of outrages in Adamawa and Yobe States.

“As the situation develops, our fantastic armed forces are changing their tactics. Just recently, they launched “Super Camps.” The essence of this is to act proactively and respond quickly to the changing nature of terrorism.

“In addition to the additional support the government of Nigeria is receiving from friendly countries across Europe, United States and the Middle East, the Nigerian government is spending large sums of money in weapons procurement to keep our military in good fighting shape.

“While the military arsenal is not something you pay for and get, requiring mostly long-time orders, weapons will come in accordance with the terms of contracts. This country is expecting the commencement of the delivery of Super Tucano fighter jets, very effective in this kind of warfare, beginning next year from the United States.

“The administration has embarked on an ambitious electronic/digital border monitoring scheme to curtail the porosity of the borders and, working with the UN agencies, the World Bank, the Islamic Development Bank, donor agencies and friendly countries, has started providing solutions to backwardness in development and poverty in the sub-region because at the very heart of recruitment schemes of the terrorists lies the issue of poverty.

“A few weeks ago, the administration inaugurated the Northeast Development Commission, to fast track development and poverty eradication in the affected areas.

“The Buhari administration is strongly encouraged by successes recorded so far by our armed forces and the MNJTF, and is optimistic that in the same way as our military defeated the Boko Haram, so would the ISWA terrorism be defeated.”

Source: https://www.okay.ng/presidency-insists-that-real-boko-haram-defeated/

I always have nausea whenever I see this guy saying anything to defend this Presidency.

then defeat and destroy the fake one too na!

Sharaaaaaaap! Must you lie to eat? Get out...

This is shameful

Well, that's his job!

No one expect anything sensible regarding that from his mouth. They've been saying the same thing since 2015 "technically defeated" song...

Delusions!
So we are dealing with a fake BH?

Am speechless....

Northerners will forever remain brain dead. Except Dangote.

Two types of BOKO Haram 1. Real BOKO Haram (has been defeated) 2. Fake BOKO Haram (remain undefeated)
According to Garba Shehu
This man loves spewing trash

The real one's gone

The Fake one's Intact




'Irony of Life"

We’re all sitting on a keg of gun powder.

You're aware when people say boko haram they're talking about both terrorists groups. Even if you defeated the original boko haram if you haven't defeated ISWAP people will complain the war isnt won. In the future you guys should just say we dealing with the other terror groups. Then congratulate soldiers for work.

The administration has embarked on an ambitious electronic/digital border monitoring scheme to curtail the porosity of the borders and, working with the UN agencies, the World Bank, the Islamic Development Bank, donor agencies and friendly countries, has started providing solutions to backwardness in development and poverty in the sub-region 

Focus more of the conversation on these solutions right after mentioning issue. Most wont read past headline honestly.

Stupidity

Just look at what a so called presidential spokesperson is saying...
It is indeed finished

Fine!!! Great news!!! We wont argue with you sir, all we ask is that you relocate fully with all your family members to Maiduguri for the next 2 years.......

If you pple at Aso Rock feels the real Boko Haram have been defeated, then why wasting billions of Naira for the purchase of weapons?

Lies everywhere!

Na waa for this useless people...they have defeated the real Boko Haram..the current ones are fake. IMAGINE...

This apc government are just annoying

Ok

Incompetence of the highest order - What you don't know you cannot handle.

Real boko haramhas been defeated.
Fake boko haram are the ones killing people and you can't protect the innocent lives lost daily.

Real Leah Shaibu has been saved.
Fake Leah Shaibu has been killed and you allowed it happen.

Real herdsmen move herdsmen move about with cattles
Fake herdsmen have killed more than 2,000 people in the last four years and you didn't make any single arrest.

Real electricity is in every household in Nigeria.
Fake households are claiming they don't have.

Real 500,000 jobs has been created in the last four years.
Fake 20 million jobs has been lost in the last four years.

Please add yours. What we are seeing in the hands of this incompetent government is too much.

Which foolish Boko Haram is defeated?
Is the man okay?

But before we go on and on.
Common sense demands that.........

We wait to see this same news from another credible source, other than "okay.ng" to believe this man actually said this!

God punish every evil politicians and their supporters.

See ya NL!

Just imagine

Thunder! Are you busy?!

This guy takes his drugs from either lie Mohammed or bushari. Either way he is stupid for saying this.