Nigeria: Presidency Explains Success in Anti-Boko Haram War

25 February 2015

Abuja — RECENT successes in the war against the Islamist terrorist group, Boko Haram, followed the "deployment of specially trained anti-terrorism combat squad, who were recently trained by our international partners," the Federal Government has said.

The other factors that aided the operations included "the acquisition and deployment of more sophisticated, adequate and appropriate military hardware," and "the recent approval by the African Union and the United Nations of a broad-based international coalition to collaborate with our military," the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Public Affairs, Dr. Doyin Okupe, explained.

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