Relax, there is no evidence ISIS is sending members to train Boko Haram terrorists in Nigeria - DHQ

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- Defence Headquarters has claimed that Nigeria is not under any threat

- The DHQ made this declaration after it was reported that the Islamic State - ISIS was sending its members to Nigeria to train the Boko Haram terrorists

- DHQ categorically stated that there is no concrete evidence on the ground to back the claim

The Defence Headquarters has said that there was no concrete evidence to support the claim that the Islamic State – ISIS was sending its members to Nigeria to train the Boko Haram terrorists.

“It is pertinent to state categorically that there is no concrete evidence on the ground to back the claim,” Brig.-Gen. John Agim, the Acting Director Defence Information said on Wednesday, June 20, in a Facebook post.

Agim recalled that the Barnawi faction of Boko HaraM terrorists in 2016 pledged alliance to the ISIS after troops dislodged them from Sambisa forest.

"The Defence Headquarters wishes to respond to a report making the round that ISIS has been sending her members to Nigeria to train Boko Haram Terrorists (BHT) members. It is pertinent to state categorically that there is no concrete evidence on the ground to back their claim.

"However, it could be recalled that the Amnesty International (AI) Barnawi faction of BHT in 2016 pledged alliance to the ISIS as a result of our troops’ fire power which dislodged them from Sambisa forest and surrounding areas in the northeast.

"The armed forces of Nigeria is aware that there is collaboration between terrorist groups, thus, it is important to note that the activity of one group in a country influences other groups in other countries and because of this knowledge, activities of other terrorist groups usually affect our own military strategy.

"The Nigeria Military will continue to condemn all tactics by terrorist groups of isolating the Armed Forces of Nigeria (AFN) from any foreign collaboration. If terrorist groups understand the importance of collaboration for evil global attacks, then, it is the highest degree of irresponsibility for AI to use repeated falsehood with the intention of isolating AFN from her citizens’ support and international collaboration to win the fight against BHT and other forms of terrorism in Nigeria. Meanwhile, proactive measures are currently being taken to nip any such development if it exists in the bud.

"The Armed Forces of Nigeria wishes to assure all Nigeria that it is up to the task of defending the country and its citizens from every attempt to infiltrate it by criminals. Hence, the ill motivated stories, clips and their claims should be disregarded, Agim said.

He assured that proactive measures were being taken to nip any such development (ISIS training terrorists in Nigeria) “if it exists in the bud”.

The DDI assured Nigerians that the armed forces was capable of defending the country and its citizens from every attempt to infiltrate it by criminals.

“Hence, the ill motivated stories, clips and their claims should be disregarded,” he said.

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Meanwhile, NAIJ.com had reported that the chief of Army Staff, Lt-Gen. Tukur Burutai, on Tuesday, June 19, in Abuja, said the Nigerian Army was passionate about the rights of the civilian.

He stated this at a military-media awareness programme organised by CLEEN Foundation, a non-governmental organization, at Jabi motor park, Abuja.

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