Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant-General Tukur Buratai, yesterday said
judging by the current activities of the Boko Haram terrorists, it has
been proven that 60 per cent of the insurgents are not Nigerians.
Buratai said this when he received the Special Representative of the UN
Secretary-General, Dr Mohammed Ibn Chambas, at the headquarters of the
Theatre Command of Operation Lafiya Dole, at the Maimalari Cantonment in
Maiduguri, Borno state.
“Your Excellency, I want to bring to your attention that while the Boko
Haram (insurgency) can be said to have started in Nigeria, by and large,
as at today, I can say that almost 60 per cent of the insurgents are
from our neighbouring countries. You can see that almost all of the
recently surrendered insurgents are not Nigerians. This is a challenge
that impacts more on the Nigerian side than the other countries. But by
and large, our military is up to the task and we will continue to do our
best to ensure that our country is secured”he said
