While on a visit to Cotonou with
the President of Benin Republic, Boni Yayi, President Muhammadu Buhari
said that Boko Haram will be defeated hopeful by end of this year.
Buhari made the statement during a gala lunch held in
his honour by the Beninoise President. He expressed optimism that the
Multinational Joint Task Force, MNJTF launched in Cameroon on Thursday would
start yielding fruits soon.
Yayi who described his country as the 37th State of
Nigeria assured president Buhari that 800 troops would be contributed to the
Joint Task Force by his country in the all-out-assault on insurgents.
President Buhari who was on a one-day official visit
to Cotonou as the special guest of honour at the 55th independence anniversary
of Benin Republic was bestowed with the national honor of the Republic of
Benin.
He said:
“I am impressed by your concern and critical approaches
by increasing your contributions to the multinational task force of the Lake
Chad Commission. This is a great sacrifice on the part of the Benin Republic.
“Even in my first coming into office under a different
arrangement, we have learnt to live in peace with our neighbours. Within the
week I was sworn in, I went to Niger, Chad. I was supposed to go to Cameroon
but I was summoned by the G7 leaders to brief them about the security situation
in Nigeria concerning Boko Haram which declared allegiance to ISIS which gives
it international dimension”.
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