President Muhammadu Buhari has assured that Islamic terrorist sect, Boko Haram will be defeated by end of this year.
Buhari said this on Saturday, August 1, in Cotonou during a gala lunch held in honour by the President of Benin Republic, Boni Yayi.
He made the promise while Yayi assured him that Benin would contribute 800 troops to the Multi-national Joint Task Force against Boko Haram.
The President commended the gesture saying: “I assure you that we will defeat Boko Haram by the end of this year”.
Speaking further, he said to Yayi: “I am impressed by your concern and critical approaches by increasing your contributions to the multinational task force of the Lake Chad Commission. This is a great sacrifice on the part of the Benin Republic….
“Even in my first coming into office under a different arrangement, we have learnt to live in peace with our neighbours. Within the week I was sworn in, I went to Niger, Chad. I was supposed to go to Cameroon but I was summoned by the G7 leaders to brief them about the security situation in Nigeria concerning Boko Haram which declared allegiance to ISIS which gives it international dimension”.
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