The Nigerian presidency has expressed confidence that the wave of Boko Haram attacks could end before the three months given to end insurgency.Presidential aide Mallam Garba Shehu said that hope was not yet lost on the efforts by Nigeria’s security forces to secure the freedom of the Chibok school girls taken hostage by Boko Haram more than 510 days ago.
While reacting to criticism that the Buhari administration had not done enough to stop the insurgency, as promised during the election campaigns, Shehu said that on the contrary, the administration had been working hard to cripple the terror organisation.
He added : “From my conversation with these commanders, what they are saying to themselves is that they are not going to wait for three months, but do their best to beat the target given by the president. “So there is so much going on and I can assure you that spirits are very high. The army chief was there with the soldiers for about nine days.
That is leadership because you see him leading the soldiers from the front. “If the chief himself is there, who are you to drop your gun? A lot is happening and Boko Haram has been degraded, they have lost central command and are now in splinters.
What you have now is bits and pieces carrying out distractive action because they don’t want to go down alone. So they are looking for very soft targets such as churches, mosques and markets. “The air force is clearing this place for the ground troops to move in.
They are looking for bomb making structures and moving convoys of these insurgents. But they are being careful about certain locations with the hope not to harm the Chibok girls in those locations,” Shehu said.
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