Boko Haram too weak to recapture towns – Defence spokesman

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The Acting Director, Defence Information, Col. Rabe Abubakar,
has assured Nigerians that the Boko Haram insurgents lacked
the capacity to retake towns under the control of the military.
Abubakar said, during an interactive session with journalists in
Abuja on Wednesday, that the troops were in top form to carry
out the statutory responsibility of protecting the territorial
integrity of the country against the insurgents.
He stressed that the military was committing a lot to ensure the
timely eradication of the Boko Haram insurgency and the
scourge of terrorism in the country.
The Acting Defence Spokesman appealed to the citizenry to
appreciate the efforts of the military, especially the current
headway being made in the anti-terror war.
According to him, so many of the camps of the insurgents had
been captured and removed by the troops involved in the
operation.
He said the military was intensifying ground and aerial offensive
against the insurgents said to be in disarray.
He said, “We are making extra efforts, we have been
coordinating ground and air forces to go after them. A lot of
their hideouts and camps have been completely wiped out. They
are in disarray, and have no central command; the next thing is
just to do mop up.
“We should endeavour to appreciate the efforts of the military;
we are making a lots of headway.
“Boko Haram is not strong enough to hold any town. Remember
that we have a formidable force, not only on ground but also in
the air. Very soon, this issue of whether they are in control or
not would come to the view of everybody because they are not
in control.”
Abubakar noted that the service chiefs were in Maiduguri, the
theatre of operation, to ensure that the Boko Haram threat was
removed completely from the country.