The government of President Muhammadu Buhari, according to the Presidency, has reduced insurgency in the nation.

Additionally, it stated that the failure of the government to return all of the Chibok schoolgirls abducted by Boko Haram militants in April 2014 was not their fault.

Remember that Borno State is where the Boko Haram insurgency, which has cost thousands of Nigerian lives, first started in 2009.

Boko Haram insurgents aren't as active as they were before 2015, according to Femi Adesina, Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, who made this claim in an interview with a Television's breakfast show. This is because the current administration has managed to subjugate the group.

”Can you say the insurgency is still what it was before 2015 when they killed people in thousands and seized control of many local governments in Borno State?” Adesina queried.

”Remember that in 2014 alone, over 7,000 persons were lost to insurgency, whereas in 2022, a little over 2,000 died from Boko Haram attacks. Don’t get me wrong, to lose just one soul is already bad enough.

But we cannot say we are still where we were before 2015 when this government assumed office,” the spokesman said.

He argued that Nigerians shouldn't hold the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari accountable for failing to free all of the kidnapped Chibok girls.

“In 2015, we knew where Nigeria was, today we know where we are, 276 school girls were spirited away, about 57 escaped immediately, and over 100 have been returned by the administration.

“The ones that are left, I think 90-something, they are Nigerians, they have the right to be brought back.

“But then, if a government came in when the trail was already cold and you couldn’t trace where the girls were taken, you can’t then blame it solely for not bringing them back, that would not be quite right.

”Dachi girls were taken under the administration, and within the week they were recovered except maybe five, including Leah Sharibu sadly.”

Adesina pointed out that the government responded promptly to the kidnapping and that the next administration should assume responsibility for finding the girls.

“I believe that with the Chibok girls, we should rather appreciate God and appreciate the government for what was achieved. It is not as if the government folded its arms and didn’t do anything, it did its level best.