Troops destroy Boko Haram arms factory

The voice identified in the broadcast is thought to belong to Boko Haram leader, Abubakas Shekau, who was rumoured to have been replaced due to his repeated absence from the group’s videos, ” it said.

The targeted schools were in Cameroon, Chad, Niger and Nigeria, the four countries most affected by the armed uprising, said Lanzer, who became United Nations envoy to central Africa’s restive Sahel region in July.

Boko Haram, which controls parts of northeastern Nigeria, started its militancy against the African state government in 2009.

He was arrested by troops of the 7 Division Garrison of the Nigerian Army in Operation LAFIYA DOLE, at Kasuwar Shanu in Maiduguri metropolis.

The militant group, whose name means “Western education is forbidden”, is blamed for attacking schools and universities in the region.

Suicide bomb attacks by the terror group have been increasing in frequency in the region since June when dozens of people were killed in the capital N’Djamena.

It was also believed that Boko Haram’s financing could come from crime cartels, false charity organisations and blackmail, said other experts at the forum on fighting extremism.

Troops of 21 Brigade of the Nigerian Army, while on offensive operations on Boko Haram terrorists location, with the support from the Nigerian Airforce discovered and destroyed the terrorists’ Improvised Explosive Device (IED) and Rocket making factory along Bama-Gonin Kurmi within the outskirts of Bama town, Borno State.

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari was elected earlier this year in a campaign that focused primarily on security.

On September 20, at least 117 were killed in a single attack. Authorities apprehended Danladi Abdullahi in Maiduguri, where a multitude of Boko Haram attacks have occurred.