Nigeria army probes recent Boko Haram assaults
The Nigerian Army on Sunday said it has started a probe into recent attacks by Boko Haram militants which claimed dozens of lives of lives capital of northeast Borno state, near Maiduguri.
www.hallmarkweb.net At least 85 people died when insurgents stormed and torched a hamlet on January 30, the 3rd strike in four days defying the claim Nigeria of President Muhammadu Buhari had mainly defeated the jihadist group.
«The recent unfortunate attacks by Boko Haram terrorists on communities close to Maiduguri, despite our successes, call for worry,» the army said.
«The Nigerian Army has commenced investigation into the assaults… All instances of indiscipline and related acts of misconduct including human rights abuse in the operations will be tried by the Special Court Martial,» said the statement said, without clarifying what the probe was investigating.
Tens of thousands of individuals have fled their houses near Maiduguri for the capital and many are scared to return, after the recent strikes, despite government assurances of their safety.
Buhari in December asserted that Nigeria had largely won the fight against Boko Haram, but since then the militants have killed dozens in raids and suicide attacks, including across the border in Cameroon.
Rights group Amnesty International has also accused of committing war crimes and possible crimes against humanity against the group in the length of its own operations, the military itself.
Boko Haram, which seeks a hardline Islamic state in northern Nigeria, has killed some 17,000 people and driven more than 2.6 million others to flee their homes since the start of its insurgency in 2009.
www.hallmarkweb.net At least 85 people died when insurgents stormed and torched a hamlet on January 30, the 3rd strike in four days defying the claim Nigeria of President Muhammadu Buhari had mainly defeated the jihadist group.
«The recent unfortunate attacks by Boko Haram terrorists on communities close to Maiduguri, despite our successes, call for worry,» the army said.
«The Nigerian Army has commenced investigation into the assaults… All instances of indiscipline and related acts of misconduct including human rights abuse in the operations will be tried by the Special Court Martial,» said the statement said, without clarifying what the probe was investigating.
Tens of thousands of individuals have fled their houses near Maiduguri for the capital and many are scared to return, after the recent strikes, despite government assurances of their safety.
Buhari in December asserted that Nigeria had largely won the fight against Boko Haram, but since then the militants have killed dozens in raids and suicide attacks, including across the border in Cameroon.
Rights group Amnesty International has also accused of committing war crimes and possible crimes against humanity against the group in the length of its own operations, the military itself.
Boko Haram, which seeks a hardline Islamic state in northern Nigeria, has killed some 17,000 people and driven more than 2.6 million others to flee their homes since the start of its insurgency in 2009.