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Boko Haram Menace Will End In Weeks – Army Commander by sarrki(m): 1:14pm On Aug 31, 2016
Nigeria’s army expects to seize Boko Haram’s last few strongholds in the northeast over the next few weeks, the commander in charge of crushing the jihadist group’s seven-year insurgency said on Wednesday.

The army missed a December deadline set by President Muhammadu Buhari to wipe out the group, which wants to set up an Islamic caliphate in the area around Lake Chad, but has retaken most of its territory – at one point the size of Belgium.

Major General Lucky Irabor, commander of the operation, said the jihadists were now holed up in a few pockets of the Sambisa forest – where more than 200 girls kidnapped from the town of Chibok in 2014 are believed to be held – and two areas near Lake Chad and would be flushed out “within weeks”.

Despite the set-backs, Boko Haram still manages to stage regular suicide bombings in Nigeria and neighbouring Chad, Niger and Cameroon. Since 2009, more than 15,000 people have been killed, 2.3 million displaced and the local economy decimated.

“Almost all of the locations held by the Boko Haram terrorists have been reclaimed. We are talking only of a few villages and towns,” Irabor said in an interview at his base in Maiduguri in Borno State, birth place of the insurgency.

Much of the success is down to better military cooperation with Nigeria’s neighbours, especially Chad, whose forces have been attacking Boko Haram fighters fleeing across the border.

“There are joint operations. My commanders have an exchange with local commanders across the borders. Because of the collaborations we’ve had Boko Haram has been boxed in and in a few weeks you will hear good news,” he said.

He said the jihadists, who pledged loyalty to Islamic State last year, were still controlling Abadan and Malafatori, two towns near Lake Chad, apart from their main base in the Sambisa forest, south of Maidguri.

The army was planning a new push into Sambisa after abandoning an attempt due to torrential rain, he said.

“Earlier on this year we had a major operation in the Sambisa,” he said. “Gains were made but unfortunately the weather conditions became such that we to pull out waiting for more favourable conditions.”

He said the army had rescued some 20,000 people from Boko Haram, a fraction of the 2.2 million UNICEF said last week remained trapped in the region around Lake Chad.

Irabor’s base on the outskirts of Maiduguri, a sprawling military complex with rows of residential blocks for officers, is the most visible sign of a shake-up introduced by Buhari, a former military ruler.

Under his predecessor, Goodluck Jonathan, the army had a reputation for being poorly equipped and running away in the face of Boko Haram assaults.

Britain and other countries have recently increased military assistance, and two Westerners wearing flat jackets could be seen jogging in the compound.

U.S. officials told Reuters in May that Washington, which blocked arms sales under Jonathan amid concerns about rights abuses, wants to sell up to 12 A-29 Super Tucano light attack aircraft to Nigeria although Congress needs to approve the deal.

Irabor has set up a human rights desk to address the issue.

“The code of conduct is quite clear. Human rights issues are taken quite seriously,” he said.

He said that Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau had recently been wounded, but backed off an Air Force statement this month suggesting he had been killed in an airstrike.

“Shekau was wounded. That’s what I can confirm, but as to whether he is dead that I cannot at the moment confirm.”

Boko Haram, which normally communicates via video or audio clips posted on the Internet, has said nothing since the August 24 Air Force statement about Shekau being hurt.


https://newtelegraphonline.com/boko-haram-menace-will-end-weeks-army-commander/
Re: Boko Haram Menace Will End In Weeks – Army Commander by eshietIntrepid(m): 1:20pm On Aug 31, 2016
Another lie from govt of lies.

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Re: Boko Haram Menace Will End In Weeks – Army Commander by Chloekim(m): 1:46pm On Aug 31, 2016
Lets see how the news develop into something credible

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Re: Boko Haram Menace Will End In Weeks – Army Commander by Nobody: 1:51pm On Aug 31, 2016
After the meeting in Sokoto abi cheesy

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Re: Boko Haram Menace Will End In Weeks – Army Commander by sarrki(m): 1:55pm On Aug 31, 2016
No more money to sponsor the bastards


The recession in Disguise will bring peace to Nigeria

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Re: Boko Haram Menace Will End In Weeks – Army Commander by Kyase(m): 1:59pm On Aug 31, 2016
eshietIntrepid:
Another lie from govt of lies.

Na the only English sentence dem teach you for school be this?
Bad belle

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Re: Boko Haram Menace Will End In Weeks – Army Commander by Kyase(m): 2:01pm On Aug 31, 2016
Keneking:
After the meeting in Sokoto abi cheesy
Abeg who do this guy brain transplant....
Or na the iPod blood don dey manifest..?

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Re: Boko Haram Menace Will End In Weeks – Army Commander by eshietIntrepid(m): 2:02pm On Aug 31, 2016
Kyase:

Na the only English sentence dem teach you for school be this?
Bad belle
I bi bad abi? Good belle let's watch and see.
Zombie
Re: Boko Haram Menace Will End In Weeks – Army Commander by Kyase(m): 2:04pm On Aug 31, 2016
eshietIntrepid:
I bi bad abi? Good belle let's watch and see.
Zombie

e be like say una just dey mention dey zombie without knowing the meaning Sef. Sadist
Re: Boko Haram Menace Will End In Weeks – Army Commander by eshietIntrepid(m): 2:15pm On Aug 31, 2016
Kyase:


e be like say una just dey mention dey zombie without knowing the meaning Sef. Sadist
enjoy ur day masochist, suferring n smiling

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Re: Boko Haram Menace Will End In Weeks – Army Commander by Kyase(m): 2:18pm On Aug 31, 2016
eshietIntrepid:
enjoy ur day masochist, suferring n smiling
So you're suffering at the same time not smiling, your case no be here.
I dey suffer dey smile because I get hope.
Re: Boko Haram Menace Will End In Weeks – Army Commander by chemicalDisease: 2:24pm On Aug 31, 2016
Are we not tired of this shiit.
don't worry, bokoharam will respond very soon.
Re: Boko Haram Menace Will End In Weeks – Army Commander by sarrki(m): 2:26pm On Aug 31, 2016
chemicalDisease:
Are we not tired of this shiit.

don't worry, bokoharam will respond very soon.
Bros abegiiii ooooo make demand no respond
Re: Boko Haram Menace Will End In Weeks – Army Commander by Nobody: 2:28pm On Aug 31, 2016
Rubbish, when will this APC govt stop lying na?

these were the same people that claimed they will end boko haram by December last year

We will end Boko Haram by December – Army
http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/09/we-will-end-boko-haram-by-december-army/

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Re: Boko Haram Menace Will End In Weeks – Army Commander by Bethelwealthy(m): 2:29pm On Aug 31, 2016
Is this not 50th times we are hearing this? undecided .............Walk your talk abeg, propaganda is fastly becoming irrelevant.
Re: Boko Haram Menace Will End In Weeks – Army Commander by Bethelwealthy(m): 2:29pm On Aug 31, 2016
Is this not 50th times we are hearing this? undecided .............Walk your talk abeg, propaganda is fastly becoming irrelevant.
Re: Boko Haram Menace Will End In Weeks – Army Commander by omonla555: 2:54pm On Aug 31, 2016
Okay o
Re: Boko Haram Menace Will End In Weeks – Army Commander by sarrki(m): 5:42am On Sep 01, 2016
eshietIntrepid:
Another lie from govt of lies.

so you want the boko Boiz to continue?
Re: Boko Haram Menace Will End In Weeks – Army Commander by alphamodel1(m): 6:00am On Sep 01, 2016
Yea in few weeks ba? 52 weeks is still few . Even 104 weeks.
Re: Boko Haram Menace Will End In Weeks – Army Commander by ificatchmodeh: 6:25am On Sep 01, 2016
Okay$$
Re: Boko Haram Menace Will End In Weeks – Army Commander by Progressive01(m): 6:49am On Sep 01, 2016
Kyase:

Na the only English sentence dem teach you for school be this?
Bad belle
Ignore those things jor. Today na Igede Agba. Come chop pounded yam. grin
Re: Boko Haram Menace Will End In Weeks – Army Commander by Kyase(m): 8:14am On Sep 01, 2016
Progressive01:
Ignore those things jor. Today na Igede Agba. Come chop pounded yam. grin
Sure oooo, one girl(sister in the lord) I suppose come visit Sed today.
Re: Boko Haram Menace Will End In Weeks – Army Commander by Menakay(m): 8:30am On Sep 01, 2016
sarrki:
Nigeria’s army expects to seize Boko Haram’s last few strongholds in the northeast over the next few weeks, the commander in charge of crushing the jihadist group’s seven-year insurgency said on Wednesday.

The army missed a December deadline set by President Muhammadu Buhari to wipe out the group, which wants to set up an Islamic caliphate in the area around Lake Chad, but has retaken most of its territory – at one point the size of Belgium.

Major General Lucky Irabor, commander of the operation, said the jihadists were now holed up in a few pockets of the Sambisa forest – where more than 200 girls kidnapped from the town of Chibok in 2014 are believed to be held – and two areas near Lake Chad and would be flushed out “within weeks”.

Despite the set-backs, Boko Haram still manages to stage regular suicide bombings in Nigeria and neighbouring Chad, Niger and Cameroon. Since 2009, more than 15,000 people have been killed, 2.3 million displaced and the local economy decimated.

“Almost all of the locations held by the Boko Haram terrorists have been reclaimed. We are talking only of a few villages and towns,” Irabor said in an interview at his base in Maiduguri in Borno State, birth place of the insurgency.

Much of the success is down to better military cooperation with Nigeria’s neighbours, especially Chad, whose forces have been attacking Boko Haram fighters fleeing across the border.

“There are joint operations. My commanders have an exchange with local commanders across the borders. Because of the collaborations we’ve had Boko Haram has been boxed in and in a few weeks you will hear good news,” he said.

He said the jihadists, who pledged loyalty to Islamic State last year, were still controlling Abadan and Malafatori, two towns near Lake Chad, apart from their main base in the Sambisa forest, south of Maidguri.

The army was planning a new push into Sambisa after abandoning an attempt due to torrential rain, he said.

“Earlier on this year we had a major operation in the Sambisa,” he said. “Gains were made but unfortunately the weather conditions became such that we to pull out waiting for more favourable conditions.”

He said the army had rescued some 20,000 people from Boko Haram, a fraction of the 2.2 million UNICEF said last week remained trapped in the region around Lake Chad.

Irabor’s base on the outskirts of Maiduguri, a sprawling military complex with rows of residential blocks for officers, is the most visible sign of a shake-up introduced by Buhari, a former military ruler.

Under his predecessor, Goodluck Jonathan, the army had a reputation for being poorly equipped and running away in the face of Boko Haram assaults.

Britain and other countries have recently increased military assistance, and two Westerners wearing flat jackets could be seen jogging in the compound.

U.S. officials told Reuters in May that Washington, which blocked arms sales under Jonathan amid concerns about rights abuses, wants to sell up to 12 A-29 Super Tucano light attack aircraft to Nigeria although Congress needs to approve the deal.

Irabor has set up a human rights desk to address the issue.

“The code of conduct is quite clear. Human rights issues are taken quite seriously,” he said.

He said that Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau had recently been wounded, but backed off an Air Force statement this month suggesting he had been killed in an airstrike.

“Shekau was wounded. That’s what I can confirm, but as to whether he is dead that I cannot at the moment confirm.”

Boko Haram, which normally communicates via video or audio clips posted on the Internet, has said nothing since the August 24 Air Force statement about Shekau being hurt.


https://newtelegraphonline.com/boko-haram-menace-will-end-weeks-army-commander/
Technically or Fantastically?
Re: Boko Haram Menace Will End In Weeks – Army Commander by 989900: 8:53am On Sep 01, 2016
Progress
Re: Boko Haram Menace Will End In Weeks – Army Commander by fearless2014: 8:55am On Sep 01, 2016
989900:
Progress

Thrash.
Re: Boko Haram Menace Will End In Weeks – Army Commander by Oasis007(m): 8:57am On Sep 01, 2016
undecided

Though I am a Fan of APC..... but I do not believe this Post!


You know why?
The Source is kinda not credibly convincing!
Re: Boko Haram Menace Will End In Weeks – Army Commander by basingstoke: 9:00am On Sep 01, 2016
I hope that is were the so called chibok girls are. mtchew
Re: Boko Haram Menace Will End In Weeks – Army Commander by 989900: 9:05am On Sep 01, 2016
fearless2014:


Thrash.

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