Boko Haram’s end imminent – DHQ

The Defence Headquarters has announced the imminent end of the Boko Haram insurgency, saying the reign of the sect would soon be a thing of the past. The Acting Director, Defence Information, Col. Rabe Abubakar, reportedly gave the assurance when a group of journalists visited him in his Abuja office on Monday. A statement issued by Lieutenant Commander Olabisi Way, restated a renewed commitment of the leadership of the Armed Forces and determination on the part of the troops in the counter insurgency operations. The DHQ eulogized what it described as the heart- warming success of the coordination between the Nigerian Air Force and the Nigerian Army in the ongoing campaign. “Troops have uprooted the Boko Haram insurgents from their strongholds, including their several camps in the Sambisa forest,” the statement added. Col. Abubakar, according to the statement, described carrying of firearms by any citizen against his country, under whatever guise, as unpatriotic act. He called on unrepentant members of Boko Haram to have a rethink, lay down their arms and abandon their strange and uncivilized ideology for betterment of mankind. The Defence spokesman was also said to have used the occasion to commend the troops for their ever-ready posture to tackle head-on all forms of criminality being perpetrated by the terrorists. He attributed the feat recorded so far to motivation and injection of right arsenal in the prosecution of the battle against insurgency.