Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant-General Tukur
Buratai, yesterday said judging by the current
activities of the Boko Haram terrorists, it has
been proven that 60 per cent of the insurgents
are not Nigerians. Buratai said this when he
received the Special Representative of the UN
Secretary-General, Dr Mohammed Ibn
Chambas, at the headquarters of the Theatre
Command of Operation Lafiya Dole, at the
Maimalari Cantonment in Maiduguri, Borno
state.
“Your Excellency, I want to bring to your
attention that while the Boko Haram
(insurgency) can be said to have started in
Nigeria, by and large, as at today, I can say
that almost 60 per cent of the insurgents are
from our neighbouring countries. You can see
that almost all of the recently surrendered
insurgents are not Nigerians. This is a
challenge that impacts more on the Nigerian
side than the other countries. But by and
large, our military is up to the task and we
will continue to do our best to ensure that our
country is secured”he said
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