Terrorists Degraded, Remnants To Be Treated As Bandits - President Buhari Insists - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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September 11, 2019
President Muhammadu Buhari says remnants of BokoHaram in the North-east region of the country are bandits.
The President stated this when he received Presidentof the International Committee of the Red Cross ICRC, Peter Maurer, at theState House, Abuja.
Buhari maintained that Boko Haram had been degraded,but its members are still a nuisance around Lake Chad and surrounding islands.
The President said the government was concentratingon repairing damaged infrastructure, rehabilitation of internally displacedpersons, and securing their communities, so that they can return home.
He applauded the support of the ICRC and otherhumanitarian organisations, stressing that the government would not rest until allvictims were rehabilitated.
He added that great progress had equally been madein disabusing the minds of people that the insurgency was religious.
Earlier, Maurer said Nigeria was the 5th largestoperation of ICRC worldwide, and the organisation would continue to renderhumanitarian action to people affected by violence.