Nigeria’s military establishment boasted on Monday that they had pushed rampaging terrorists and their commanders in the Northern part of the country to the brink, show-casing the sustained elimination of many ferocious elements and their collaborators as evidence of their success against the malevolent figures.
At a joint news conference in Abuja, the Minister of Defence, Major Gen. Bashir Magaji, highlighted the recent successes recorded by the sustained bombarding of terrorist hideouts across the Northeast region and other operations conducted by the military in a bid to flush out enemies of state and ensure peace and stability in the land.
The minister, who shows some of the identities of the top terrorists and Islamic State of West Africa, ISWAP, killed in recent operations, pointed out that the target of the military is to ensure total defeat of the enemies of the country.
Bashir said, “The critical military objective of total defeat of the terrorists in the North East, is already being achieved. Synchronized ground and air operations have been doing to inflict huge casualty on the terrorists and have been forcing many of them, including commanders and foot soldiers to surrender in droves, with members of their relatives.
“Whilst areas where terrorists hitherto had some freedom of action are being cleared, social economic life is gradually returning to most parts of the North East. Erstwhile Internally-displaced persons are now returning to their ancestral homes to start life all over, in dignity, under safer and more secure environment.
“Generally, in the past four weeks, more than 3,407 Boko Haram terrorists including members of their families have surrendered. Additionally, 66 terrorists were neutralized including one of the key ISWAP Commanders, Alhaji Modu Chaka Bem Bem and 20 of his fighters, while 55 were arrested and 52 civilians were rescued.
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