Nigeria Army Reacts to Change in Boko Haram Leadership

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Nigeria Army Reacts to Change in Boko Haram Leadership

The Nigerian Defence Headquarters has stated that it is unperturbed by the announcement of a change Boko Haram leadership today.

According to Director of Defence Information (DDI), Brig-Gen. Rabe Abubakar, the Nigerian military is not interested in what happens at what he described as “nearly dead” Boko Haram terrorists, including change of leadership or alliance with ISIS.

” The leadership change of BHT as purpotedly released recently doesnt in any way bother us as the group is nearly dead in Nigeria and others within the Lake Chad nations. So, whether there is change in leadership or not, we are sure of total annihilation of the group.

“Our focus is to clear them from their hideouts which we have been doing through the ongoing Opetation Crackdown and Operation Gama Aiki with Multi-National Joint Task Force (MNJTF). It’s not anything to us and we will continue to reduce them to nothing.”

He said boko haram terrorists are being captured on a daily basis, "…so the change is not anything to us…” as Boko Haram “are in diasrray and collapsing”.

“So they are trying to behave like a dying person who holds to any thing in his desparation to stay alive. People should not take them seriously as they no longer poses any threats.
However, we dismissed this change of leadership as a child play,” he said.