The Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Tukur Buratai says that over two millions persons have been freed from terrorist sect, Boko Haram by the military in one year.

Buratai who was represented by Major General Peter John Bojie,   made the declaration on Friday in Abuja during a conference organised by Bassey Etuk Williams, President of Coalition of Civil Society Groups, a Non-Governmental Organisation, in commemoration of the United Nations World Peace Day, with the theme: “Civil society, media and military synergy in the sustainability of peace and generation of objective narratives.”

Buratai said, “All symbols of government authorities and infrastructure were sacked and destroyed respectively. The situation was so bad that the entity called Nigeria was seriously threatened. Over four million people were displaced and most of them sought sanctuary in Maiduguri up till July 2015.

“Today, the story has changed, as the tide has turned against the insurgents. The Nigerian Army, in synergy with sister services and security agencies, had liberated, captured territories and rescued over 40,000 civilians, arrested many suspects, while over two million women, children, including adult males held captive have been freed from the hands of the terror group following series of coordinated attacks and operations conducted against Boko Haram’s camps.”

Oludolapo Adelana

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