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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