French President Francois Hollande Saturday warned President Muhammadu Buhari and the Nigerian government never to relent over the fight against Boko Haram insurgency.
Hollande stated this at the presidential villa, when he was hosted by Buhari on the sidelines of the 2nd regional summit which ended in Abuja on Saturday.
Regional and Western leaders gathered in the nation’s capital with the hope for closer military corporation and assistance in tackling the threat of terrorism and its dire humanitarian consequences.
Speaking at joint Press Conference after a closed door bilateral discussion, the French President, who spoke through an interpreter, said: “The results of the counter-insurgency are impressive and the insurgents had been diminished and forced to retreat.”
According to him, although the group have been weakened and have shifted ground from areas they were earlier occupying, they still remain a major threat.
