It’s no more a news that the dreaded Boko Haram leader, Shekau, has not been killed as Nigerian Army Commander, General Abdul Kalifa Ibrahim assured that the military has intensified its efforts to apprehend the terrorist.
General Ibrahim made this known on the Voice of America, Hausa Service monitored by journalists in Kaduna on Tuesday.
When asked about the possibility of apprehending Abubakar Shekau, he said, “We are working on that and by the grace of Allah, we will be victorious.”
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Speaking on the latest carnage along the Damaturu- Maiduguri road, the Army Commander, said: “the truth is that people had moved freely without any problem but as I have told you, these insurgents engage in guerilla warfare.
“But still, there are methods adopted by security agencies on that and by the grace of Allah, we will deal with that problem. It’s not that we lack working tools, we have, but we need more.”
He debunked the idea that the Nigerian military only engaged in a defensive technique instead of a hot chase on the insurgents, saying “the truth is that we are doing our best. We do chase them, we traverse different camps searching for Boko Haram.”
“Just last week I assigned my soldiers from 21 Brigade to Bama. Although the guerrillas ran away, we found and destroyed their camp. We also rescued women and children from there.”
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