THE military, on Wednesday, said it has destroyed all known Boko Haram camps and cells in the North-East.
It said that the terrorists had been so militarily defeated and weakened that they can never hold any part of the country for ransom.
The Director of Defence Information (DDI), Colonel Rabe Abubakar who disclosed this noted that a lot of progress had been made in crushing the terrorists, a result of the new strategies adopted by the new service chiefs.
The visits, coupled with the deployment of sophisticated weapons, he said, had not only boosted the morale of the troops, but practically introduced a new dimension in combating terrorism and insurgency in the North-East.
He noted that emphasis were currently placed on credible training and retraining on the sanctity of human rights observance and protection of the combatants in the battle fields, promising an improved enforcement of rule and relations of the international standard.
He said: "These terrorists have been subdued, even if they are adopting other means, as they are re-strategising, we are also doing same.
"We have been coordinating on the air and ground assaults to make sure that these terrorist hideouts are completely decimated.
"As I am speaking to you, all the camps have been completely wiped out. So right now they are completely in disarray, having no command and control of where to plan.
"We have even taken over their camps. Most of them have even abandoned their bases and blended within towns and communities. We have also apprehended some of them and very soon move back to their communities.
"We are making a lot of headways and a lot of achievements. People should know that Boko Haram is no longer strong enough to hold ground.
"Very soon, this issue of whether they are in control of any territory in Nigeria or not will come to the open. We must begin to think of the nation.
"I am assuring you that they will never again recapture the territory taken from them, because what is happening right now with the deployment of troops, equipment and morale will ensure that.
"As the mop up operations and mines clearance are intensified in the liberated areas, so also necessary measures are being put in place to ensure that safety and security prevail in those places."
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