President Goodluck Jonathan and the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Nigeria has assured Borno State residents that his administration would continue to work towards ending terror attacks in the north-east and reinstating peace in the state.

The state, referred to as ‘Home of Peace and Hospitality’, has become volatile, as members of a terrorist group, the Boko Haram, has made efforts to establish an Islamic State and end western education in the north-east region.

At a presidential campaign rally in Maiduguri on Saturday, organised to seek the peoples support in a re-election bid, President Jonathan said the Military would defeat the dreaded terror group.

Before he began his speech, he ordered the observation of a minute silence in memory of those killed by the dreaded sect members.

President Jonathan expressed regrets over the persistent rain of terror on the peace loving people of Borno State by the Boko Haram sect, saying his administration will surely overcome the reign of terror in the north-east.

“We will surely defeat the terror group, the Boko Haram, so that our peace loving people of the north-east and other troubled states can go about their legitimate business without any molestation.

“We will return Borno to its initial slogan, ‘the Home of Peace and Hospitality’ which has been tampered with by the sect group,” the president said, as he sought the peoples support in an election scheduled to hold on February 14, .

He, however, called for the support for security agents as they do their best to end the acts of terror in the region.

There have been several attacks on communities in the north-east, one of which ended in the the abduction of some school girls in April 2014 from a government girls secondary school in Chibok.

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