Buhari Will Inherit A Nigeria Free Of Terrorists - Jonathan

NIGERIAN ARMY, BOKO HARAM


According to Vanguard, Jonathan made this promise in Abuja on Thursday, April 30, while receiving a delegation of heads of customs from the West and Central African Region of the World Customs Organisation, led by the secretary general of the organisation, Kunio Mikuriya.

The president said ongoing military operations in the northeast had already recorded huge successes, with two states completely free from the control of terrorists, while operations in the third state had reached a concluding stage.

“We can now say two states are completely free from terrorist control, while in the third state, it is only in one Local Government Area that they are still present. That is in the Sambisa Forest,”

President Jonathan noted that the military had already moved into the forest to seize the remaining camps of the terrorists.

He said the recent rescue of about 300 abducted girls and women was further evidence of the success being achieved in the ongoing operation.

On his decision to concede victory to the president-elect, Buhari, before all the results of the presidential elections were announced, Jonathan said elections must be approached from a nationalistic point of view.

“Our elections should be about where Nigeria is going,” he said. “If Nigeria is moving forward, it is for the good of all Nigerians. My children and grandchildren will live and grow in this country and contribute to it.

“I always tell my colleagues to leave office when their time is up. We are trying to encourage African leaders not to remain in power as kings until death.”

Mikuriya commended the president for supporting the reform of the Nigeria Customs Service.

He noted that other African countries had already started emulating the vision, the strategy, the adoption of new technology and the result-oriented training of officers that were features of Nigeria’s reforms.

Meanwhile, the Nigerian army has released more information regarding nearly 500 women and children kept hostage by Boko Haram in Sambisa forest.