Lai Mohammed says war against Boko Haram insurgents is largely won

Lai Mohammed, the Minister of Information and Culture claimed on Wednesday that the Nigerian military has met the December deadline to defeat the Boko Haram terrorists, during an interactive session with newspaper editors in Lagos.

The 63-year-old Former APC National Publicity Secretary said, ''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 hot bed 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."

Mohammed 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."

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