He said that this was important so that the presidential elections could be conducted peacefully in those areas.
The President, who was speaking at a cocktail in honour of diplomats and high commissioners in Nigeria, commended the collaboration with other countries in the fight against terror, promising to win the war decisively.
He also spoke on the decision of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to postpone the general elections by six weeks.
The President said that what has happened was an adjustment in dates within the constitution which would not in any way affect the inauguration of a new government.
According to the President, the issue is not that Boko Haram would be completely wiped out but all those states in the north-east still in the hands of the Boko Haram terror group would be cleaned up to enable people in those areas to exercise their democratic rights.
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