Nigeria arrests 22 Boko Haram members among deportee from Cameroon

Buratai spoke yesterday morning in Maiduguri in a special Hausa and Kanuri programme of FM Radio Lafiya (Radio Peace) on how to “crush and end” Boko Haram insurgency in the country.

Adesina said Buhari stated that with higher morale among troops in the frontline against Boko Haram and their improved logistics, equipment and training, a rapid end to the insurgency could be expected.

The Nigeria Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Tukur Buratai, has Saturday showed leadership by example when he supervised the arrest of four Boko Haram terrorists planning to ambush his convoy as he visits troops at the battle ground in northeast border areas of Borno state.

He added that: “This vital information also forms the basis for recent aerial attacks and subsequent destruction of Boko Haram targets across the theatre of operation”.

It could be recalled that even the General Officer Commanding 7 Division, Nigeria Army Major General Lamidi Adeosun was ambushed by the same terrorists before soliders moved in last week to clear the area.

“The troops of 5 Brigade Explosive Ordinance Devices (EOD) unit while advancing towards Dikwa, ran into landmines buried by the terrorists between old Marte and Kerenoa junction“.

Two others were “critically” injured in the explosion and are receiving treatment at a military hospital, army spokesman Colonel Sani Usman said in an e-mailed statement.

The soldiers in advance however subdued the terrorists by killing five of them and arresting five others, who surrendered their arms.

MSF said numerous displaced people have gathered in makeshift camps where its staff were treating patients with diarrhoea, malaria and respiratory infections, as well as malnourished children.

Few kilometres after leaving Mafa, some eagle-eyed soldiers using binoculars were able to pick some Boko Haram terrorists moving in the bush together with some herdsmen. At least 1,300 people have died in fighting so far this year in the region, MSF said.