I Can’t Promise Boko Haram Will Or Will Not Be Eradicated – Garba Shehu

The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and
Publicity, Garba Shehu, says he cannot promise whether or not the
Boko Haram terrorists will be eradicated.

He stated this on Monday during an interview on Channels
Television’s Sunrise Daily when he was asked if terrorism has come
to stay or it is a challenge that will till fade out.

“I can’t promise you that Boko Haram will or will not be
eradicated but it is an ongoing challenge globally. Even in the
more advanced countries or more weaponised nations, it is still a
challenge,” he said.

Regardless of the attacks, Shehu stated that the Federal
Government has ‘greatly minimised’ the terrorists’ activities.

According to him, the current administration has discovered
manufacturers supplying weapons to the insurgents.

“The attacks are still a far cry from the enormity of those
attacks that we have seen in the past. They have been greatly
minimised and they have greatly pushed away from the national
population.

“Government has identified local manufacturers and we don’t know
the next steps that will follow. But the Federal Government is also
internalising this campaign. The Inspector General of Police,
Mohammed Adamu who has worked with the International Police
(Interpol) is putting them to good effect.

“With the support we are getting from our neighbours, we are
trying to see how we can stop (the supply and manufacturing of
weapons),” he stated.

Ahead of the President’s inauguration for a second term in
office on Wednesday, the presidential spokesman also spoke on the
relationship between the executive and legislative arms of
government.

He decried a situation whereby the budget experienced delay
following what he described as a frosty relationship with the
National Assembly.

“The iconic delay experienced in 2018 of 7 months, the National
Assembly holding on is good enough for the Guinness Book of Record
and the President has lamented,” he stated.

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