US confident that Nigeria will win war against insurgency.

As Nigerian forces continue to wage war against insurgency and insecurity,the United States of America is optimistic that Nigeria will win the battle before next year general elections.

The US Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield made this remark after the US-Nigeria Bi-national Commission in Abuja.She said''I think the Nigerian government will defeat Boko Haram.We are giving government tremendeous amount of support and advice.It is our hope for the people of Nigeria that Boko Haram is defeated.She said the killings in the region whose number is now in the thousands'' cannot continue'',saying ''government has a responsibility to provide security for those people and we are working with the government to assist them in doing that.

''....this is something that requires  multi-faceted approach,it is not just a security issue,it requires getting into the communities,knowing the communities,and it requires addressing some of the communities' needs''.

Culled from Daily Trust.