Festus Keyamo: Buhari Government Has Almost Completely Destroyed Boko Haram

According to Festus Keyamo, Minister of State for Labour and Employment, the Buhari-led administration has addressed the escalating insecurity and considerably decreased Boko Haram.

The militants have not been completely eliminated, according to Keyamo, who asserted that the Buhari administration inherited the Boko Haram issue.

During a Trust TV interview on Monday, the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential campaign spokesperson remarked.

He said, “What did we inherit? We inherited the Boko Haram problem. At that time, they had taken over more than fourteen local governments in the northeast and hoisted their flags. We inherited the farmers-herders crisis that had been going on even before [Olusegun] Obasanjo’s time. These are existential problems.

“What have we done about those two problems? A club like El-Kanemi Football Club of Borno that were playing their football matches in Bauchi because of insecurity— nobody could gather in one place in Maiduguri to watch a football match – now El-Kanemi is back to Maiduguri, that is success.

“Boko Haram hasn’t been totally wiped out, but it has reduced significantly because we constructively engaged our neighbours. We reduced them to almost nothing. I’m not saying these things have totally wiped out, but on the scale of what we met and on the scale of what we have, it has reduced significantly.”