• Home
  • Anti-Corruption
  • Fact-Check
  • Economy
  • National
    • Government
  • Security
  • Features
  • State
  • Event
    • PR Nigeria Award
  • E-Paper
Search
  • Home
  • About
  • Adverts
  • Contact
Sign in
Welcome! Log into your account
Forgot your password? Get help
Password recovery
Recover your password
A password will be e-mailed to you.
PRNIGERIA PRNigeria News
PRNIGERIA PRNIGERIA
  • Home
  • Anti-Corruption
    • Chinese nationals jailed in Lagos

      Court Jails Nine Chinese Nationals for Cybercrime in Lagos

      ASUU

      Tackle Corruption, Institutional Decay – ASUU Charges FG

      EFCC Arraigns Bauchi Accountant General Over N8bn Fraud as Court Sentences…

      PRNigeria logo fearured image

      EFCC Arraigns Ex-Convict, Other for Naira Abuse in Lagos

      EFCC Arrests 37 Suspected Internet Fraudsters in Ilorin

  • Fact-Check
  • Economy
    • Comptroller General Nigerian Customs Bashir Adewale

      Nigeria Customs, ICPC and the Audit of Conscience

      Customs Diplomacy: Nigeria, Saudi Arabia Ink Mutual Assistance Deal

      Comptroller General Nigerian Customs Bashir Adewale

      Nigeria, Belarus Forge Alliance to Combat Smuggling, Facilitate Trade

      President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and CG Customs, Bashir Adewale Adeniyi

      Tinubu Hails Customs Boss Wale Adeniyi on Historic Election as WCO…

      WTO Lauds Nigeria Customs for Embracing Global Trade Standards

  • National
    • Nigerian Military Troops

      Nigeria, Niger Forces Neutralize Score of ISWAP Terrorists in Mallamfatori

      A Different Kind of War on Drugs By As-Sayyidul Arafat Abdulrazaq

      HAJJ Pilgrims pilgrimage NAHCON

      NAHCON Completes 2025 Hajj Return Operations 

      MNJTF troops

      LAKE CHAD: Major Victory as 210 Boko Haram Terrorists, Families Surrender…

      For Aminu Dantata to Sleep Well… By Abdullahi O Haruna Haruspice

    • Government
      • G7 Countries

        Iran Must Never Possess Nuclear Weapons – G7 Declare

        Nigerian Dignitaries, Business Leaders Attend Aminu Dantata’s Burial in Madinah Saudi…

        Dantata laid to rest at Medina Cemetery

        Legendary Business Mogul Aminu Dantata Laid to Rest in Madinah Cemetery

        Tinubu Seeks Visa Waivers, Scholarships as Nigeria Establishes Diplomatic Ties with…

        Malam Yusuf Abubakar Dingyadi

        Dingyadi, PDP Chair’s Vocal Spokesperson, Resigns

  • Security
    • FCT Police Raid Criminals’ Hideouts, Arrest 56 Suspects

      Nigerian Military Troops

      Nigeria, Niger Forces Neutralize Score of ISWAP Terrorists in Mallamfatori

      One Arrested as Police Begin Probe of Ogboji Massacre

      Military Troops during operations

      Military Eliminate Bandit in Plateau, Rescue Abducted Victim

      Military Troops in Action

      Troops Ambush Bandits in Plateau, Neutralise One, Rescue Kidnap Victim

  • Features
    • Comptroller General Nigerian Customs Bashir Adewale

      Nigeria Customs, ICPC and the Audit of Conscience

      A Different Kind of War on Drugs By As-Sayyidul Arafat Abdulrazaq

      For Aminu Dantata to Sleep Well… By Abdullahi O Haruna Haruspice

      Bashir Adewale Adeniyi Customs Boss

      Bashir Adeniyi: A Roadmap to Global Customs Leadership By Tahir Ahmad

      IGP Kayode Egbetokun Police Boss

      IGP Egbetokun: Leading the Charge for a Safer Nigeria By Danjuma…

  • State
    • FCT Police Raid Criminals’ Hideouts, Arrest 56 Suspects

      Nigerian Military Troops

      Nigeria, Niger Forces Neutralize Score of ISWAP Terrorists in Mallamfatori

      Military Troops during operations

      Military Eliminate Bandit in Plateau, Rescue Abducted Victim

      A Different Kind of War on Drugs By As-Sayyidul Arafat Abdulrazaq

      MNJTF troops

      LAKE CHAD: Major Victory as 210 Boko Haram Terrorists, Families Surrender…

  • Event
    • NELFUND

      NELFUND Warns Students Against Fake Loan Application Portal

      EFCC Witness: Yahaya Bello Had No Property Dealings With EFAB

      Hon. Rukayat Motunrayo Shittu (RMS), with PRNigeria Ladies in PR I'm Abuja

      Rukayat Shittu Set to Publish Inspirational Book “Cracking the Glass Ceiling”,…

      Chief Cornelius Olatunji Adebayo

      Former Kwara Governor, Chief Adebayo, Dies at 84

      Managing Editor of Image Merchants, Mr Abdulrahman Abdulraheem, PR Expert, Celestine Achi and the Editor-in-chief, Yushau Shuaib presenting the book to PRNigeria center

      PRNigeria Commends New Book on Artificial Intelligence in Public Relations

    • PR Nigeria Award
  • E-Paper
Home Fact-Check FACT-CHECK: How true is Lai Mohammed’s claim that Buhari Government met 20...
  • Fact-Check
  • Security

FACT-CHECK: How true is Lai Mohammed’s claim that Buhari Government met 20 Borno LGs under Boko Haram in 2015?

By
Prnigeria
-
February 23, 2023
Lai Mohammed

FACT-CHECK: How true is Lai Mohammed’s claim that Buhari Government met 20 Borno LGs under Boko Haram in 2015?

Claim: Media reported that when the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed featured on Nigeria Television Authority (NTA) live programme, “Good Morning Nigeria,” he said Nigeria is better than we President Muhammadu Buhari med it in 2015. He added that the entire Northeast region was inaccessible and that 20 of the 27 Local Government Areas in Borno were under the occupation and control of Boko Haram insurgents.

Full-text: Some of the media quoting a NAN’s report states thus “speaking on the administration’s achievements, the minister saidin 2015, the entire North East region was inaccessible and 20 of the 27 Local Government Areas in Borno were under the occupation and control of Boko Haram insurgents.

“He said the Federal Government under President Buhari’s leadership has made tremendous progress better than 2015 when the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) were in power, claiming that presently no portion or part of Nigeria territory was under the occupation and control of insurgents.”

Verification: Investigating the authenticity of the claim, PRNigeria noted that the minister might have relied on one of the several remarks President Muhammadu Buhari made, claiming that “all local governments taken by Boko Haram insurgents in Borno, Adamawa and Yobe states have been recovered by the Nigerian troops under his (Buhari’s) administration.”

Meanwhile, PRNigeria discovered that former President Goodluck Jonathan repossessed more 14 LGAs that were controlled by Boko Haram terrorists before he left office.

Checks further revealed that Damboa and Gwoza Local Government Areas were reclaimed among others between August 2014 and March 2015 by the Nigerian troops.

PRNigeria further discovered that Bama was reclaimed in September 2014 while Kukawa was liberated in February 2015.

According to the then Director of Defence Information, Gen. Christ Olukolade, Monguno and Marte were also reclaimed in February 2015.

Further public information indicates that the Goodluck Jonathan administration liberated over 25 towns and communities that were previously occupied by terrorists.

Some credible reports reveal that foreign technical experts, including mercenaries, assisted greatly in the recovery of the occupied territories in North-East during

In fact, Voice of America (VOA) in April 2015, before the inauguration of Muhammadu Buhari as the 15th President of Nigeria, reported that “Aided by regional troops and foreign mercenaries, Nigeria’s military has managed to take back nearly all of the towns and villages controlled by Boko Haram in Nigeria’s northeast over the past few months.

“But one area remains mostly under their control: Sambisa, a massive expanse of forest that spreads thousands of square kilometers”

Meanwhile, in January 2022, when members of Senate Committee on Army visited him, Governor Babagana Zulum of Borno disclosed that two Local Government Areas – Abadam and Guzamala – were under the control of Boko Haram.

Read Also:

  • FCT Police Raid Criminals’ Hideouts, Arrest 56 Suspects
  • Nigeria, Niger Forces Neutralize Score of ISWAP Terrorists in Mallamfatori
  • Nigeria Customs, ICPC and the Audit of Conscience

Similarly, in December 2022, the Speaker of the Borno State House of Assembly, Abdulkarim Lawan, reconfirmed that the two  local government councils  were still under the control of terrorists. He said the disclosure contradicts claims that all 17 council areas under Boko Haram control in 2014 have been liberated by the military under Buhari’s administration.

Conclusion: According to publicly available facts, scores of LGAs that had been under the control of Boko Haram were reclaimed by the Jonathan-led PDP administration before President Buhari’s assumption of office. 

PRNigeria, therefore, concludes that the claim by the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed that 20 of the 27 Local Government Areas in Borno were under the occupation and control of Boko Haram insurgents is FALSE. Similarly, the claim by Lai Mohammed that there is no portion of the country under control of the insurgents is under Buhari’s administration is DISPUTABLE going by the statement of state officials. 

Read Similar and More Fact Checks:  www.PRNigeria.com/Category/Fact-Check/

By PRNigeria

……………………..

SIMILAR FACT-CHECK BY PRNIGERIA ON POLITICS

FACT-CHECK: Did Sultan of Sokoto Endorse Peter Obi?
FACT-CHECK: Court Upheld PRNigeria’s fact findings on El-Rufai’s Misleading Detention Allegation against Peter Obi
Fact-check: Did Peter Obi Arrest and Detain El-Rufai In 2013 In Anambra?
FACT-CHECK: Was Saraki’s Son, Seni, Caught on Video Spraying US Dollars on Strip Girl?
FACT-CHECK: Did Borno Lawmaker Threaten to Kill, Bury Political Opponents?
Fact-Check: Did Political Thugs Injure 74 PDP Supporters and Vandalize 100 vehicles in Maiduguri at Atiku’s Campaign Rally?
Fact-Check (1): Did London Police Arrest Osinbajo’s Relations, Nigerian Student over Money Laundering?
Fact-check on Tinubu’s BBC Interview: Did Foreign Jihadists Control 17 LGAs and 4 States Before Buhari’s Presidency?
Fact-Check: Is INEC Investigating Tinubu Over US Court Document on Drug Trafficking Allegations?
Fact-Check: Did US Court Convict Tinubu over Drug Dealings?
FACT-CHECK: Did Ihedioha Write a Letter Advising Malami Not to Release Nnamdi Kanu of IPOB?
FACT-CHECK: Is Atiku the Owner of Tiger Skyscraper Estate in Dubai?
FACT-CHECK: Did Peter Obi Eject Northerners from Markets in Anambra?
FACT-CHECK: Did Kashim Shettima Have Breakfast With Armed Bandits in Borno State?
FACT-CHECK: Is it true that Kwankwaso didn’t construct road in Igbo dominated Sabon Gari area of Kano when he was the governor?
FACT-CHECK: Did Peter Obi Agree to Back Atiku for Presidential Poll as Shared by Festus Keyamo on Twitter?
FACT-CHECK: Is APC Planning to Spend N6 Trillion to Rig 2023 Elections?
FACT-CHECK: Is Atiku the Owner of Tiger Skyscraper Estate in Dubai?
FACT-CHECK: Did CNN Broadcaster, Brianna Keilar, Name Her Son Peter Obi?
FACT-CHECK: Did Shettima-Amosun Discuss Biafran Agitation and how Hausa-Yoruba Can outsmart Igbo Dominance in a Leaked Audio?
Fact-Check: Did the Cable Publisher, Simon Kolawole, Attack Peter Obi for “Democratisation of Poverty” in Anambra?
FACT-CHECK: Is Atiku Abubakar Giving Out N10,000 Presidential Campaign Freebies?
FACT CHECK: Is it true that Olagunsoye Oyinlola and Olusola Obada Governed Osun State  2003-2010 on a Christian/Christian Ticket?
FACT-CHECK: Is it true that between 2010- 2018, Ekiti State Ran on a Christian – Christian ticket?

 

VISIT OUR OTHER WEBSITES
PRNigeria.com EconomicConfidential.com PRNigeria.com/Hausa/
EmergencyDigest.com PoliticsDigest.ng TechDigest.ng
HealthDigest.ng SpokesPersonsdigest.com TeensDigest.ng
ArewaAgenda.com Hausa.ArewaAgenda.com YAShuaib.com
  • TAGS
  • Alhaji Lai Mohammed
  • All Progressives Congress (APC)
  • NTA Good Morning Nigeria
  • President Goodluck Jonathan
  • President Muhammadu Buhari
Previous articleBuhari’s Midas Touch in Nigeria’s Road Infrastructure
Next articleNDLEA Destroys 7,286kgs Skunk, Arrests Suspects in Edo Forest
Prnigeria
Prnigeria

RELATED ARTICLESMORE FROM AUTHOR

FCT Police Raid Criminals’ Hideouts, Arrest 56 Suspects

Nigerian Military Troops

Nigeria, Niger Forces Neutralize Score of ISWAP Terrorists in Mallamfatori

One Arrested as Police Begin Probe of Ogboji Massacre

Military Troops during operations

Military Eliminate Bandit in Plateau, Rescue Abducted Victim

Military Troops in Action

Troops Ambush Bandits in Plateau, Neutralise One, Rescue Kidnap Victim

Vice Marshal (AVM) Abubakar Adamu, Chairman Military Pension Board

New MPB Chairman AVM Abubakar Adamu Pledges to Prioritise Retirees’ Welfare

General Christopher Gwabin Musa, Chief of Defence Staff, CDS

DHQ, NIS Team Up to Revive Nigerian Sports

A Different Kind of War on Drugs By As-Sayyidul Arafat Abdulrazaq

Some swamp buggies to enhance its counter-insurgency received by MNJTF

MNJTF Receives 5 Swamp Buggies to Boost Security, Economic Recovery in Lake Chad Region

MNJTF troops

LAKE CHAD: Major Victory as 210 Boko Haram Terrorists, Families Surrender to MNJTF

Troops of Operation FANSAN YANMA

In Plateau, Security Forces Dislodge Militias, Reclaim Villages in Bokkos

Military Troops during operations

Gallant Troops Nab 25 Suspected Bandits, Kidnappers in Benue

Recent Posts

  • FCT Police Raid Criminals’ Hideouts, Arrest 56 Suspects
  • Nigeria, Niger Forces Neutralize Score of ISWAP Terrorists in Mallamfatori
  • Nigeria Customs, ICPC and the Audit of Conscience
  • One Arrested as Police Begin Probe of Ogboji Massacre
  • Military Eliminate Bandit in Plateau, Rescue Abducted Victim
  • Home
  • About
  • Adverts
  • Contact
© 2020 PRNigeria. All Rights Reserved.
Latest News
FCT Police Raid Criminals' Hideouts, Arrest 56 SuspectsNigeria, Niger Forces Neutralize Score of ISWAP Terrorists in MallamfatoriNigeria Customs, ICPC and the Audit of ConscienceOne Arrested as Police Begin Probe of Ogboji MassacreMilitary Eliminate Bandit in Plateau, Rescue Abducted VictimTroops Ambush Bandits in Plateau, Neutralise One, Rescue Kidnap VictimNew MPB Chairman AVM Abubakar Adamu Pledges to Prioritise Retirees’ WelfareDHQ, NIS Team Up to Revive Nigerian SportsA Different Kind of War on Drugs By As-Sayyidul Arafat AbdulrazaqMNJTF Receives 5 Swamp Buggies to Boost Security, Economic Recovery in Lake Chad RegionNAHCON Completes 2025 Hajj Return Operations LAKE CHAD: Major Victory as 210 Boko Haram Terrorists, Families Surrender to MNJTFIn Plateau, Security Forces Dislodge Militias, Reclaim Villages in BokkosGallant Troops Nab 25 Suspected Bandits, Kidnappers in BenueIran Must Never Possess Nuclear Weapons - G7 Declare
X whatsapp