Insurgency Killed 10,000, Displaced Two Million People – President Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari said on Friday night, November 27, said that over 10,000 people have been killed and over two million displaced internally by Boko Haram terrorists in the last six years.

The President, who spoke at a banquet hosted by Queen Elizabeth II for Heads of State and Government participating in the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Malta, said majority of the internally displaced persons were women and children.

A statement issued on Saturday, November 28,  by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, said Buhari called for the establishment of a Commonwealth Committee to oversee the rendering of greater assistance and support to Nigeria and other member-countries that had been adversely affected by terrorism.

He expressed the hope that the committee would have been established before the next meeting of the organisation.

According to the statement, the President also expects the committee to visit Commonwealth member-countries where terrorist organisations have established a foothold with a view to evolving practical strategies for more meaningful assistance to the affected countries.