Muhammadu Buhari has pledged to launch an intensified military campaign against the Boko Haram armed group after being formally sworn in as Nigeria's president.
The former military ruler, who was sworn in in the capital city of Abuja on Friday, said that he had inherited "enormous challenges", including economic turmoil and widespread unrest.
"We are going to tackle them head on ... Nigerians will not regret that they have entrusted responsibility to us," he said.
Buhari, 72, said he would set up a new military command centre in the northeastern city of Maiduguri, the capital of Borno state, which has been a Boko Haram stronghold.
Boko Haram is a mindless, godless group, who are as far away from Islam as one can think
"Boko Haram is a mindless, godless group, who are as far away from Islam as one can think," Buhari said.
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