Nigeria: Fresh Bomb Attacks - We 'Re At War With Boko Haram - Army Chief

11 April 2012

Kaduna — Following several bomb blasts that killed scores of people and marred the Easter celebrations in some parts of the North, Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Azubuike Ihejirika, yesterday, told soldiers to consider themselves at war with the Boko Haram Islamic sect.

Ihejirika who spoke in Kaduna while declaring open, a one week First Commanding Officer's Workshop on "Enhancing Military Professionalism in the Nigerian Army to Meet Contemporary Challenges," said that the Nigerian Army will soon establish a special unit in the military on the use of dogs to fight terrorism and related crimes.

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