The president Muhammadu Buhari led government, said that it will eliminate all terrorists by December this year.
The Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola
made the promise in Abuja yesterday during a joint security press conference with the Ministers of Defence, Information and Police Affairs as well as the Chief of Defence Staff.
Speaking on the dire situation in the country Aregbesola said: “Nigerians have the assurance of all of us that their security is guaranteed. So, we’re here to assure you that you’re safe, that is why we’re here from the instructions of the president that you’re safe and that each day going to December, our safety and security will be better.
“What we face mostly now are clashes of cowardly attacks from those that have been routed in one locality or the other moving to give a false impression that they’re still strong. Our ultimate goal is to eliminate them altogether and restore total peace in every inch of the Nigerian soil; that we’re going to do by God’s grace, by December of this year.”
Aregbesola stated that though the promise might seem far fetch and impossible, they would achieve it because they are determined.
He said the current security challenges were worsened by the restrictions and deprivations of COVID-19 despite the government’s ameliorative measures.
The minister, however, insisted that they would continue to protect the lives and property of Nigerians and foreigners in the country adding that they would not relent until tranquillity is restored in the country.
