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Thursday 28 of March 2024

Nigeria's Buhari Says Army has Captured Key Boko Haram Camp


Some of the 21 Chibok schoolgirls released by Boko Haram are pictured during their visit to meet President Muhammadu Buhari in Abuja, Nigeria October 19, 2016,photo: REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde
Some of the 21 Chibok schoolgirls released by Boko Haram are pictured during their visit to meet President Muhammadu Buhari in Abuja, Nigeria October 19, 2016,photo: REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde
The Nigerian military has in recent weeks been carrying out a large-scale offensive in the Sambisa forest

ABUJA – Nigeria’s army has captured a key Boko Haram camp that was the Islamist militant group’s last enclave in its northeastern Sambisa forest stronghold, President Muhammadu Buhari said on Saturday.

“I was told by the Chief of Army Staff that the camp fell at about 1:35 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 22, and that the terrorists are on the run and no longer have a place to hide,” said Buhari.

The Nigerian military has in recent weeks been carrying out a large-scale offensive in the Sambisa forest, a vast former colonial game reserve that has been the group’s base.

FELIX ONUAH