The Federal Government of Nigeria has admitted that the Islamist terrorist group, Boko Haram has not yet been defeated by the country’s military and its other security outfits.

Special Adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina stated this on Sunday while fielding questions during a programme on Channels Television.

Adesina maintained that although President Buhari’s administration had degraded the capacities of the insurgent group and its terror attacks, they had not yet been completely defeated.

His words: “If the operating word is ‘totally’ the answer is no obviously, but has Boko Haram been degraded? I will say yes, terribly so.

“You can compare then and now, they have been terribly, terribly degraded but is the war over? No, it’s not completely over. Compare how Boko Haram was in 2015 when his administration came, they were virtually running riot everywhere.

“How many times was Kano bombed? How many times was Abuja bombed? How many times was Kogi bombed? Boko Haram was everywhere. The terrorists must have found their way back to Yobe after they had been displaced from their stronghold in Borno, which could have led to the abduction of the (Dapchi) girls.”

The Presidential aide added that while Borno State happened to be the epicentre of the attacks by Boko Haram, Adamawa and Yobe States had been quite calm in recent times as the situation was brought under control under Buhari’s administration.