Boko Haram terrorists group is on the verge of being eliminated, Minister of Information and National Orientation Mohammed Idris has said.
He told France24 in an interview that the days of the terrorists are numbered.
Idris said: “I think they’re on their last legs.
“Hitherto, they were holding territories especially in the north eastern part of Nigeria—local governments, towns, cities—now its no longer the case.
“They’ve largely dissipated; they’ve ran into the bushes and coming to take some soft targets.
“We’re not saying we have 100 percent exterminated Boko Haram, but I think that we have degraded Boko Haram significantly for them to pose any significant challenge for us as a country.”
The minister also roped the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) among terrorist organisations that are standing “on their last legs” while adding that security agencies would soon “crush” the Lakurawa group.
The Nation
