The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) spokesman, Colonel Rabe
Abubakar has assured Nigerians that the military will meet the
presidential deadline to stamp out Boko Haram from Nigeria on
or before December this year. He gave the gave the assurance
in a meeting with the editorial team of Media Trust Limited,
publishers of the Daily Trust newspaper titles at its Abuja head
office yesterday August 27th.

"We are on course, to meet the deadline given to us by
President Buhari, with the active collaboration of the
Chief of Defense Staff and other Service Chiefs, the
insurgency will definitely be over before the deadline or
at worst on the deadline. We will maintain that level of
momentum; we are not going to fail Nigerians. I believe
the activities of Boko Haram will very soon be a thing of
the past.”he said