Boko Haram will be wiped out before April, 2014 - New Chief of Defence Staff

The new Chief of Defence Staff, Air Marshal Alex Badeh, has vowed that the military will end the Boko Haram campaign in the country before the end of before April, this year.

The CDS said it was mandatory for the Military to wipe out the outlawed sect in the next three months in order to prevent constitutional issues that may arise.

Badeh gave the assurance while taking over as the new Chief of Defence Staff from his predecessor, Admiral Ola Ibrahim at the Defence Headquarters, Abuja on Monday.

He assured the new Chief of Army Staff, Maj.-Gen. Kenneth Minimah, who is expected to coordinate the fight against the insurgents, that it was possible for his work to be concluded in a short time.

He also gave the assurance that the other service chiefs, Air-Vice Marshal Adesola Amosun and Rear Admiral Usman Jubrin would give the requisite support to the Army chief in the prosecution of the campaign to end terrorism in the country.

He said, “The security situation in the North East must be brought to a complete stop before April 2014. Dailypost