Nigeria: Borno Governor - Nigeria Needs 100,000 More Soldiers to Crush Boko Haram

20 February 2020

Maiduguri — Borno State Governor, Prof. Babagana Zulum, Wednesday said that Nigeria would require about 100,000 more soldiers to win the war against Boko Haram.

He, however, suggested at least 50,000 of the recruits should come from Borno, irrespective of whether or not they have western education, to prosecute the ongoing war against terror.

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