Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed says his weekend visit to Bama and Konduga Local Government Areas of Borno state left him humbled.

While praising the military for its efforts in the war against Boko Haram, Mohammed said that the December deadline given by the President will be achieved.

Mohammed said he returned very sober, after witnessing the scale of destruction and ruin left behind by the insurgents as well as the abject state of the Boko Haram victims.

The Minister praised the Nigerian Army by putting its best foot forward in the fight against insurgency.

“They are very happy about what we are doing and are very committed to restoring peace in North-East and unity of this country. We went to Bama and Konduga and saw firsthand, the scale of damage and destruction that the Boko Haram terrorists left behind.

“It humbled many of us, and we all came back very very sober. I hope that with this visit, my colleagues in the media will show more restraint, more understanding in reporting the efforts being made in the war against terrorism. We are also confident that by today, we are much more informed about the corruption war,” he said.

Speaking of the Internally Displaced Persons at the refugee camps in the state, Mohammed said: ”Many of them they are victims of war they did not know about and many of the kids were their clapping without understanding what were being said. We saw abject poverty with sorrow, fear in the eyes of all the people there.

“I must publicly commend our military because it takes one to believe here the enormity of challenges they are facing. They are not only winning the war against insurgency but are also winning the peace, and even the humanitarian burden is probably heavier than the military burden. I saw a soft side of the commander of the Theatre, who was moved by the condition of the IDPs and suggested that the kids be adopted to reduce their sufferings.”