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Insecurity: We’ve Dealt With Threats Of Boko Haram, Bandits — Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari says his administration has recorded significant gains in the fight against insurgency and banditry in the country.
Speaking during a nationwide broadcast to mark 21st anniversary of return to democracy, Buhari said security threats such as Boko Haram insurgency and banditry have “considerably downgraded”.
Buhari, who noted that all forms of crimes across the country had also been reduced, expressed regrets over the recent attacks in Borno where at least 80 were reportedly killed by Boko Haram insurgents, saying the attackers took advantage of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Extolling the triumph of the military in ending insurgency, Buhari said all the local government that were hitherto under the control of Boko Haram before his administration came on board had been recovered.
“Ending insurgency, banditry and other forms of criminality across the nation is being accorded appropriate priorities and the men and women of the Armed Forces of Nigeria have considerably downgraded such threats across all geo-political zones,” the president said.
“All the Local Governments that were taken over by the Boko Haram insurgents in Borno, Yobe and Adamawa have long been recovered and are now occupied by indigenes of these areas who were hitherto forced to seek a living in areas far from their ancestral homes.
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“The total collapse of the economies of these areas, which constituted a threat to our food security, has also been reversed with the gradual recovery of farming and other economic activities.
“I regret recent sporadic incidents with tragic loss of lives in Katsina and Borno States as a result of criminals taking advantage of COVID-19 restrictions. Security Agencies will pursue the perpetrators and bring them to swift justice.”
The president asked states and local governments to revamp their intelligence assets to enable security agencies to “nip in the bud any planned attacks in remote rural areas”.
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