(CNN)"And I assure you that we will defeat Boko Haram by the end of this year." This was the pledge
made by Nigerian President Muhammdu Buhari to his Beninese counterpart,
Boni Yayi, during a gala dinner commemorating Benin's independence
during the summer of 2015.
It was
a promise that the Nigerian head of state would also reiterate to
fellow Nigerians, who eagerly waited for him to make good on his promise
and act with the decisiveness that Buhari had accused his predecessor,
Goodluck Jonathan, of lacking. Yet as 2015 drew to a close, the specter
of Boko Haram loomed as large as ever over Africa's most populous state.
Indeed, less than 48 hours after the Buhari regime announced that it had fulfilled its vow of defeating the group, at least 50 people were killed in a wave of violence
in Nigeria's insurgent-embattled Borno and Adamawa states. Those
skeptical of Boko Haram's defeat were vindicated, those residing within
the terrorists' deadly reach continue to live in fear.
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