The Nigeria Army Arraigning Some Boko-Haram Members

There have been some tremendous success in the area of eradicating Boko-Haram in the northern part of the country.

With recent attack carried out by the Nigeria Army, it has forced the terrorist group to flee from their strongholds.

There has been report of the insurgence on how they are terrorizing Niger Republic by destroying and carrying out their killings after they were overpowered by the Nigeria Army, which forced them out of their base in Nigeria.

The terrorist group took their attacks to southeastern part of Niger in the early month of June, destroying lives and property and making away with food, cattle in the town of Bosso, near Lake Chad, report also made it clear that weapons were taken away.

An attack that was carried out by the insurgency and looting spree in villages near the lake on June 21 was the latest in a string of raids that have left more than 40 people dead, the reporter added

“Boko Haram is on the defensive and trying to replenish their reserves. The organization is facing a regional response that’s become much more coherent,” Vincent Foucher, a political analyst at the Brussels-based International Crisis Group said.

With the horrible activities carried out by terrorist group, there have been hunger and the land is experiencing infertile ground to carry out any farming and including the fishermen who can no longer carry out their fishing activities.

This have made the 280,000 people living in that region through refugee have since be unsettled and hungry.  

The United Nations in a statement said, it has received less than a third of the $112 million needed to alleviate the crisis. teed the military. 

“It’s been three years since Niger has been affected, but it’s now that we really see the magnitude of the crisis.The economy is in complete disorder,” Benoit Moreno, a spokesman for the UN refugee agency. 

About 50,000 people fled after the June 3 attack on Bosso, which left 26 soldiers dead and scores of houses burnt to the ground, the report says. 

According to Niger’s government, the town was a target because the army was stocking military equipment in preparation of an offensive against Boko Haram. 

The military offensive against Boko Haram in Nigeria is said to be triggering a spillover of violence into Cameroon, Niger and Chad that prompted regional heads of state to join forces.

Meanwhile, the Nigerian Army has warned Nigerians as regards the new tactics of the Boko Haram group. 

According to a statement by defence spokesman, Rabe Abubakar, the insurgents now disguise as vigilantes and hunters. 

Abubakar further advised members of the public to be security conscious and report any suspicious person or group of persons.