Governor Kashim Shettima of Borno State
Governor Kashim Shettima of Borno State has acknowledged that the struggle in opposition to Boko Haram has largely been efficient.
The governor made this recognized on Tuesday to State House a News Media correspondent, after assembly with the Chief of Staff to President Muhammadu Buhari, Abba Kyari.
Shettima additionally disclosed that among the insurgents have been nonetheless hiding round Lake Chad and the Sambisa Forest.
He mentioned: “Well, the continuing insurgency downside is basically over, we is perhaps having some hiccups however once you examine the previous with the current, now we have each trigger to have fun.
“We have pockets of the insurgents in inlands across the Lake Chad and the Sambisa forest however once you juxtapose the sorry state of affairs three, 4 years in the past and the present state of affairs we're in, I feel there may be trigger for celebration.
“There is no cause for alarm.”
President Muhammadu Buhari is predicted to go to Borno State on Friday.