Nigerian Lawmaker Suggests Buhari Lied On Boko Haram, Claims Group Still In Control

A member of the House of Representatives, Ahmadu Jaha has suggested that the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari may not be saying the truth concerning the fight against insurgency in the North East, particularly Borno State.

Recall that the presidency had always claimed that the deadly terrorists’ sect has been defeated, with the most recent claim being made on 30 July, when the presidential spokesman, Garba Shehu maintained that the federal government had defeated the real Boko Haram.

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Shehu said: “The position of the Nigerian government is that the Boko Haram terrorism has been degraded and defeated. The real Boko Haram we know is defeated…”

He further said the Buhari-led government has made Nigeria safer than it used to be.

But in a video posted by the Cable, Jaha, who represents Damboa/Gwoza/Chibok federal constituency on the platform of the All Progressives Congress, APC said the terrorists were still occupying eight out of the ten Local Governments Areas in the northern part of Borno State.

“(A) number of geographical locations in Borno State and other insurgency-related areas are under the occupation of Boko Haram.

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“Let us take, for instance, in a Local Government that has 13 electoral wards like my own Gwoza, only three or four are not under the occupation of Boko Haram.

“In Chibok, I have 10 electoral wards, only two are not under the occupation of Boko Haram. In Damboa, I have 10 electoral wards, only one is not under the occupation of Boko Haram. This is as far as Chibok/Damboa/Gwoza federal constituency is concerned.

“The same thing…the Chief Whip to the house can bear me witness, out of the 10 Local Governments in northern Borno, only two Local Governments and their headquarters, are still not under the occupation of Boko Haram.”

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