President Muhammadu Buharii has said that the remnants of Boko Haram in the North-East region of the country were bandits, and that they will to be treated as such.
President Buhari stated this when he granted audience to the President of the International Committee of the Red Cross, ICRC, Mr. Peter Maurer, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
The President in a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and publicity, Chief Femi Adesina, said “Boko Haram has been degraded, but its members are still a nuisance around Lake Chad and surrounding islands. “That is why we are cooperating with Chad, Cameroon, Niger Republic, and other countries. We are also using the Air Force quite effectively.
They are bandits, and we will continue to treat them as such.”
He said that government was concentrating on repairing damaged infrastructure, rehabilitation of internally displaced persons, securing their communities, so that they can return home.