The Nigerian military has claimed that it has destroyed all known Boko Haram camps including the terror group’s cells, command and control centres in the North-east.
This is coming as member countries of the Lake Chad Basin Commission
(LCBC) are putting finishing touches to the full deployment of the
8,700-strong multinational joint task force (MNJTF) to the eight
operational sectors.
The Director of Defence Information (DDI), Col. Rabe Abubakar, stated
this on Wednesday during his maiden media interaction with journalists
at the Defence Headquarters (DHQ), Abuja.
Abubakar said the terrorists had been defeated and weakened, assuring
the press that they could no longer hold any territory in the
North-east.
Fielding questions from the journalists, he confirmed THISDAY’s report
that through advanced intelligence, there had been more precise aerial
and ground bombardments of the terrorists’ camps, adding that their
enclaves had been decimated and the members in disarray.
He said: “These terrorists have been subdued, even if they are adopting
other means and as they are re-strategising, we are also doing the same
and pre-empting them.
“We have coordinated the air and ground assaults to make sure that
these terrorists' hideouts are completely decimated. As I am speaking to
you, all the terrorists’ camps have completely been wiped out.
“So right now they are completely in disarray, have no command and
control of where to plan. We have even taken over their camps that most
of them abandoned and are attempting to blend into towns and
communities. We have also apprehended some of them and very soon
innocent Nigerians can move back to their communities.
“We are making a lot of headway, so people should know that Boko Haram
is no longer strong enough to hold grounds. Very soon this issue of
whether they are in control of any territory in Nigeria or not will come
to the open.
“I am assuring you that they will never again recapture the territory
taken from them because what is happening right now with the deployment
of troops, equipment and morale will ensure that.”
Abubakar said that lot of progress had been made as a result of new
strategies adopted by the new service chiefs including constant morale
boosting visits to the troops in the frontline.
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