Abuja — The Chief of Army Staff, Lt. General Tukur Buratai, said yesterday that the Nigerian military had denied Boko Haram and Islamic State for West African Province (ISWAP) physical presence in any part of the Nigerian territory.
Buratai also said the deployment of troops during internal operations was in support of the police as the lead security agency.
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