Nigerian Forces Invade Last Known Stronghold Of Boko-Haram

Nigerian forces backed by war-planes
invaded Islamist group Boko Haram's last known
stronghold, the Sambisa forest, on Wednesday, in an
effort to finally defeat their six-year-old insurgency and chaos,
two military sources said.
Armies from Nigeria and neighbours Chad, Niger
and Cameroon have in the past two months
launched a concerted push to try to crush the
insurgents, who have killed thousands and
kidnapped hundreds in their battle to establish an
Islamic state.
The Sambisa forest in northeast Nigeria is about 100
km (60 miles) from the village of Chibok from where
Boko Haram abducted more than 200 secondary
school girls a year ago. Intelligence officials had
believed that this was where they were being held,
although U.S. reconnaissance drones failed to find
them.
A spokesman for the military was not immediately
available for comment.
An official in the Chadian army said allied Chadian
and Cameroonian troops were ready to attack
Sambisa, which lies on the Cameroon border, from
the other side and would move in soon.
The militants controlled an area the size of Belgium
at the start of the year, but have since lost much of
that ground since the insurgency.
Yet they remain a deadly threat to civilians, as
illustrated on Friday when they slit the throats of 12
people in northeast Nigeria as the army was trying
to evacuate the area around the former Boko Haram
headquarters of Gwoza.
Failure to crush Boko Haram or protect civilians was
one reason President Goodluck Jonathan lost an
election on March 28 to General Muhammadu Buhari, who
has pledged to spare no effort in battling the
militants after he is sworn in on May 29.
Buhari also said he would do everything possible to
rescue the Chibok girls, but could not promise to
find them.In an interview with the President Elect Muhammadu Buhari on the day of 2015 Gubernatorial election at his Katsina house,he said "I think am over qualified to suppress/capture Boko-haram within 2 months,Tell any Boko Haram you know to run away for his life". We all can see now with his actions that it's no bluff,well we all wish him the very best in his administration.
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