Nigeria: Boko Haram Has Been Hobbled, Decimated, Says Mohammed

20 March 2016

Nigeria is on top of its security problems and Boko Haram has been hobbled and decimated ahead of elections in the oil-rich River State region, according to information minister, Alhaji Lai Mohammed.

Mohammed said the army had significantly reduced Boko Haram's ability to carry out big attacks, just days after a suspected suicide attack by the group on a mosque left 22 worshippers dead in the North-eastern Maiduguri city.

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