The head of the Nigeria's counter-insurgency operation in the North East (Theatre Commander of Operation Lafiya Dole), Maj. Gen. Lucky Irabor, said this at a press conference in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital.
He said the Boko Haram militants had been uprooted from their last known stronghold, Mallam Fatori, on September 27, 2016. He said, “We have captured Boko Haram’s last known strongholds of Abadam and Mallam Fatori, and we are now consolidating our hold.”
The military commander, who regretted that the military recorded human and material loses, said the troops were not rejoicing yet as they were holding on strongly to areas retrieved from the insurgents and were ready to ward off any attack. He said recent success of the military and the depletion of insurgency did not mean “we have heard the last from the insurgents.”
Irabor said there was an ongoing battle to uproot the insurgents from the Sambisa Forest.
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