Nigeria says Boko Haram defeated in country’s northeast

PanARMENIAN.Net - The Nigerian Army on Monday, July 25 declared that there were no more Boko Haram camps in the country’s northeast, the Daily Post Nigeria reports.

Acting Director, Army Public Relations, Col. Sanni Usman, made the disclosure while addressing reporters at the inauguration of Strategic Communication Course for senior officers at the Nigerian Army School of Public Relations and Information, Bonny Camp, Lagos.

According to the Army spokesman, the military was winning the war against terrorism.

Usman said, “The situation in the North-East has tremendously improved. The military operations or the fight against terrorism and insurgency in the North-East is hinged on three things.

“First, defeating the Boko Haram terrorists which has been accomplished and making room to facilitate humanitarian assistance which is also ongoing.

“Then restoration of law and order for good governance to take place.

“We no longer have camps of Boko Haram terrorists and we no longer have them conveyed in the territories.

“Those that were hitherto close are now open to the extent that we have trans-border trade.

“Take for instance; just recently, the important road that links Nigeria, Chad and Cameroon was just re-opened.

“We have come to the point that we can beat our chest and decisively say we have dealt with Boko Haram.’’