Suicide Bombing: Boko Haram Facing Extinction- Jonathan

President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan condemns the reversion by the terrorist

group, Boko Haram to the callous bombing of soft targets in parts of
Nigeria in the wake of the ongoing rapid recovery by gallant Nigerian
troops and their multinational allies of areas formerly controlled by the
sect.

President Jonathan commiserates with all families who have lost loved ones
in the bombings which continued today with attacks on Kano and Potiskum.

The President shares the grief of all the bereaved families and is deeply
saddened by the continued loss of many innocent lives at the hands of
misguided and desperate fanatics who are now feeling the heat of the
intense counter –insurgency operation by the Nigerian Armed Forces.

The President assures all Nigerians and the people of the North-Eastern
states in particular that the days of mourning victims of incessant
terrorist attacks in the country will soon be over as the tide has now
definitely turned against Boko Haram.

President Jonathan further assures the people of Nigeria that the gallant,
courageous and patriotic officers and men of the Nigerian Armed Forces,
supported with new platforms, equipment and logistics provided by the
Federal Government will carry the ongoing operations against the
terrorists through to a successful conclusion in the shortest possible
time.

He affirms that his administration will continue to take all necessary
action to guarantee the success of ongoing military operations against the
terrorist group and drastically reduce its ability to take and hold
territory or recruit, groom and brainwash young persons to undertake
suicide bombing attacks on soft targets.