Governor of Borno State, Kashim Shettima has said that the fight against Boko Haram has largely been effective.
He, however, admitted that some of the insurgents were still hiding around Lake Chad and the Sambisa Forest.
Shettima stated this while speaking with State House correspondents, after meeting with Abba Kyari, Chief of Staff to President Muhammadu Buhari, at the Presidential Villa in Abuja on Tuesday.
The Governor was accompanied on the visit by Ali Ndume and Abu Kyari, Senators from Borno state.
“Well, the ongoing insurgency problem is largely over, we might be having some hiccups but when you compare the past with the present, we have every cause to celebrate.
“We have pockets of the insurgents in inlands around the Lake Chad and the Sambisa forest but when you juxtapose the sorry state of affairs three, four years ago and the current situation we are in, I think there is cause for celebration.
“There is no cause for alarm,” Shettima said.
Buhari is expected to visit Borno on Friday.
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