Military declares 100 B’ Haram terrorists wanted

This was disclosed by the Chief of Army staff Lieutenant General Tukur Buratai at the launch of Anti-Boko Haram Terrorists Campaign Materials in Maiduguri, North East Nigeria.

Nigeria’s armed forces have been fighting a decisive battle against home grown insurgent group Boko Haram, which recently declared its allegiance to ISIS, and has claimed a series of successes.

It is reported that the former Barcelona star’s foundation has been given $75,000 as a donation to help the victims of Boko Haram.

The army troops “rescued 338 persons that were held captive by the terrorists” in the Tuesday operation, according to the statement.

One of the main reasons Buhari got to be the Commander-in-Chief is because the previous president, Goodluck Jonathan, was unable to make progress against Boko Haram.

Boko Haram, is a terrorist organisation with its roots in Nigeria, which promotes a version of Islam that consider western education haram, or forbidden.

On Wednesday local officials in Niger said 13 people were killed in an attack on a village in the southeast allegedly carried out by Boko Haram militants. A few weapons were recovered from the suspects, it said. President Buhari said he is “prepared to discuss anything” with the group to rescue the girls, because “we want them back safe”.

He said: “Members of the public that have any credible information on any of the wanted terrorists should call any of the phone numbers printed on the posters”.

Despite Tuesday’s raid by the military on the fringes of Sambisa forest and increased bombardment by air force fighter jets of the forest, members of a vigilante group revealed yesterday that the insurgents were still hiding in caves inside the forest. Ministry of External Affairs joint secretary (southern Africa) Sanjeev Kohli said, “The experts will have to discuss what kind of counter-terrorism or counter-insurgency training we can give”.

Sleeper cells are said to be active in Maiduguri, despite heavy security, given the number of times it has been attacked by suicide and bomb attacks in recent weeks.

A female vigilante, Mrs. Adisa Tola, also told THISDAY that the reason she joined the fight against insurgency was because she is passionate about peace returning to the region.