The Chief of Army Staff, Kenneth Minimah, a lieutenant
general, has assured that more territories currently under the Boko Haram sect
would soon be captured and the war against terror won.
He also disclosed that the successes recorded by the
military in the last few days were as a result of joint operations between
Nigerian forces and their Cameroon, Chad and Niger counterparts.
Mr. Minimah said this at the opening of a five-day seminar
for the operational level officers of the Nigerian Army by the British Military
Advisory and Training Team held at Jaji Military Cantonment, Tuesday in
Kaduna.
“At the end of the seminar, the Nigerian Army is expected to
generate more capacity to gain more, recover more territories and it will help
our army to perform better and be more professional,” he said.
“It is gratifying to note that our drive in retraining in
conjunction with the valued partnership is beginning to yield greater results.
The ongoing counter-terrorists campaign in the North-East coupled with the
awakening of Cameroon, Chad and Niger forces has boosted our successes leading
to the liberation of more communities hitherto under siege of Boko Haram
terrorists.”
He, however, expressed optimism that the seminar would
further strengthen the longstanding partnership between the Nigerian and
British armies.
The leader of the British Military Advisory and Training
Team, Jonny Bourne, a brigadier general, said the world was currently facing a
new wave of security challenges, therefore, the earlier the armies of nations
around the world begin to learn from one another, the better.
Mr. Bourne, who is also the commander, British 7th Infantry
Brigade, however, expressed optimism that at the end of the seminar, valuable
ideas would be generated to tackle the security threats around the world and
Nigeria in particular.