Contrary to the initial belief that Boko Haram insurgents are Nigerians, the Chief of Army Staff has broken his silence by revealing the true identity of Boko Haram fighters who have caused a great damage to Nigeria which has resulted in a monumental loss of human lives.
He made this stunning disclosure in a chat with Sunday Sun newspapers. Gen Buratai whose Boko Haram dastardly acts have almost grounded his ancestral while revealing the identity of the insurgents said they are , as a matter of fact, not Nigerians but foreigners.
Continuing he revealed the strategy the military under his command adopted that led to the fall of Boko Haram and dislodged them from their bastion in Sambisa forest.
Below is an extract from the chat with Sunday Sun:
Excerpt:
What is required of the people to safeguard their lives and make the job of the military less tedious?
All these suicide bombers. Some people have been held hostage, some would not share their experience, so either they do or not, at the end, you are the one who will be at the receiving end. Two to three weeks ago, we made an offer on any information on suicide bombers on their guides, factories, locations, where they harbour or keep in transit hostages.
We offered N500,000 for useful information that would lead to them or their collaborators.
In fact without offering any reward, they should give us, but unfortunately those that we expect to give that information, either they don’t do it out of fear or they are sympathetic to the insurgents. We are still making arrests in conjunction with other agencies definitely. So, they need to come out, they need to condemn their actions. They need to support our efforts.
There have been some publications by media houses and online especially about the military. If Boko Haram kills two soldiers and you make it a headline, it becomes an issue and do you know the implications? It would boost their morale, they will use it as propaganda to tell their fighters, to reward them and encourage them. Tomorrow they will be ready to go to another place, they have succeeded, they are winning and the unfortunate thing is that 60 percent of the terrorists are not Nigerians.
The Rann incident where unfortunately Air Force dropped some bombs by mistake, the terrorists were there and their movements were noticed and the report was sent. So, when they saw what happened that day they didn’t attack but they came back the next day and one of them was captured and 15 of them were killed. Virtually all of them were Cameroonians or Chadians because none of them could speak any of the Nigerian languages.
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