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Nigerian army vows to crush insurgency in northeastern states

Xinhua, July 28, 2016 Adjust font size:

The Nigerian Army on Wednesday charged every Combat Unit to remain focused until insurgency in the restive northeast is crushed.

The battle against insurgency in the North-East had thrown up a lot of challenges, Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai, said while declaring close of a three-day training session for combat forces held at Maimalari Barracks in Maiduguri, Borno State capital.

The Army chief charged the units to explore the best ways of carrying out their roles by emphasizing synergy so as to maximize scarce resources.

Buratai, however expressed satisfaction that the efforts were yielding positive results.

"We should not rest on oars until the counter-terrorism and counter-insurgency operations are brought to a conclusive end and peace restored to the region and entire country," he said.

Nigerian soldiers in continuation of the clearance operations against the remnants of Boko Haram terrorists scattered across the Northern region have been recording milestone victories.

The group attacks in the northeast have declined over the last year.

Boko Haram, which seeks to impose strict Islamic law in northern Nigeria, has been blamed for some 20,000 deaths and displacing of more than 2.6 million people since 2009. Endit