Three years ago, Boko Haram was advancing towards Abucha.
He explained that the troops had succeeded in curtailing the jihadist groups after insurgents almost took over the three state capitals of Adamawa, Borno and Yobe. He noted that Boko Haram insurgents have been surrendering. 'They have embarked on what I will call a massive recruitment drive and I consider it very important to engage the media to block this recruitment.' The spokesman for the Nigerian army, Gen Onyeala Nwachukwu, has expressed worries that terrorists loyal to the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) remained relentless in their campaign as they have embarked on mass recruitment of terrorists.Īt the headquarters of the Theatre Command for Operation Hadin Kai of the Nigerian army in Maiduguri, Borno state capital, he said: 'I would like to mention that ISWAP, very recently, has been depleted by the surrendering of their members, as well as a conflict between them. The agency's intervention had provided 15,552 children with vocational training, 1,610 with literacy and numeracy skills, and 5,194 were enrolled into integrated Qur'anic schools.
