• Declares attacks no longer rampant

•Cautions politicians against giving out motorcycles as palliatives, says it aids criminal activities

Nume Ekeghe in Lagos and Linus Aleke in Abuja

The Minister of Defence, General Christopher Musa, has declared victory in the ongoing fight against insurgency and other forms of violent extremism in the country.

These, he added, was because attacks by terrorists and extremist groups were no longer as rampant or brazen as they were in the past.