SAN FRANCISCO, June 09, (THEWILL) – The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed has stated that Boko Haram terrorists were, at the inception of the Muhammadu Buhari administration, collecting taxes in many local governments in the Northeast, but that now the terrorists are no longer in control of any local government area.
The former spokesman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, who stated this on Thursday at a town hall meeting in Abuja meant to showcase the achievements of the present administration, started by saying; “I believe that my only sin is talking too much before the elections and I now have to pay the price.”
This confession made people in the hall to erupt in laughter, even as the Minister continued that “Long before the first year anniversary we had embarked on our own town hall meeting to give the citizens feedbacks on our achievements.
“The first one was held in Lagos. Any meaningful assessment must be situated within the right context.
“We campaigned on three broad areas, corruption, revamp the economy and security. Have we met our targets? If you ask me, I will say we are on track.
“When we came in, many local governments in the north-east were under the control of Boko Haram. They hoisted their flags, they were even collecting taxes, but today not even a single local government is under the control of Boko Haram.
“We have been able to liberate 16,000 captors from the enclave of Boko Haram.”
