Nigerian Chief of Army Staff Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai ordered the military to wipe out all elements of Boko Haram from the country by December. In a statement Sunday, Buratai called on the country's soldiers to end the insurgency that has been ongoing for the last seven years.
The Nigerian has ramped up its military offensive against the group, pushing Boko Haram out of territories it has held for years in the northern region of the country. Buratai urged the troops to remain focused and patriotic to their duties and to President Muhammadu Buhari.
The militant group, which pledged allegiance to the Islamic State group (also called ISIS) in 2015, has been active in Nigeria since 2009, and in 2015, spread its activities across the country’s borders into Cameroon, Chad and Niger. The extremist group, which aims to establish an ISIS-style government in Nigeria, has killed thousands of people since launching a brutal insurgency in the country.
Read Buratai's statement here
SOURCE: IBTIMES
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