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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