GEJ Says His Boko Haram Victories Make Him Competent

President Goodluck Jonathan has said the recent successes recorded by his administration against Boko Haram, as well as developmental projects in the northeast and other parts of the country, showed that he is the candidate competent enough to earn a second term.

President Jonathan during his visit to a military base in the North on Feb. 27th. Jonathan feels his successes over Boko Haram warrant a second term for him

Speaking at the PDP rally in Damaturu, Yobe state on Thursday, Jonathan pledged that the federal government would no longer concede any part of Nigeria to Boko Haram or any other militant group, while boasting that his part in the victories against Boko Haram warrants a second term for him.

Addressing PDP supporters, Jonathan said the federal government was committed to ending the Boko Haram insurgency and other security issues affecting the country, Daily Trust reports.

Jonathan, however, said the country is not yet completely safe from the Boko Haram militancy.

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Jonathan first landed at the Air Force Base in Maiduguri where he was received by Governor Kashim Shettima of Borno state.

He then boarded a military helicopter that took him to Damaturu which is 120km away, and was received at the August Stadium by top PDP stalwarts including the gubernatorial candidate of the party in the state, Adamu Maina Waziri.

Speaking when he visited the Emir of Damaturu, Alhaji Shehu Hashemu II, the president said Nigeria was not completely safe from terrorist activities as some of them are living with the people.

The president condoled the people of Yobe state and families that lost relatives to terrorist activities.

He assured them that his administration was committed to wiping out the sect completely from the northeast and from the rest of the country.

The president said that Yobe state had been cleared of the Boko Haram terrorists. Though the president did not announce it, the military had earlier announced that Adamawa state had been cleared of the insurgents, leaving parts of Borno state as the only areas still under the control of the group.

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