Boko Haram : December deadline only a guide - Buhari

With the December deadline for defeating Boko Haram fast approaching, President Muhammadu Buhari has hinted that military operations against the terrorist group could continue beyond that time. 

In a message read on his behalf by Chief of Defense Staff, Major-Gen Abayomi Olonisakin at a meeting of Army top brass in Jigawa State, President Buhari said that the deadline was only a guide.

“Let me emphasise that the timeframe should serve as a guide and if exigency of multiple operations across the country advises a modification, the federal government will not hesitate to do so in order to address new flashpoints that are rearing their ugly heads in some parts of the country,” he said.

Although the military has largely succeeded in pushing Boko Haram out of areas they hitherto occupied, suicide attacks by the insurgents have continued across the North of the country.