President Muhammadu Buhari has once again restated his confidence in the capacity of the Nigerian military to halt the ability of Boko Haram to attack, seize or hold any territory in Nigeria by December this year.
President Buhari spoke during a meeting with the Commander of the US Africa Command, Gen David Rodriguez.
He said that with more effective support from his government, Nigerian forces now have access to improved training, equipment, logistics and welfare and are therefore well positioned to meet the December deadline for ending the activities of Boko Haram.
Gen Rodriguez told the president that his mission in Nigeria was to strengthen the military relationship between Nigeria and the USA and to explore further ways of working with the Multi-National Joint Task Force set up by the Lake Chad Basin Commission to defeat Boko Haram.
President Buhari thanked the USA for supporting Nigeria's efforts to eliminate terrorism and insurgency.
He said ;
“We must thank the United States of America for sending training teams and equipment to us. The positive results of our collaboration are evident.
“Structured attacks by the insurgents have reduced and by the end of the year, we should see the final routing of Boko Haram as an organized fighting force."
He also appealed to the USA is help stem Nigeria's heavy revenue losses by securing the Gulf of Guinea through which stolen Nigerian oil is shipped to other countries.
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