Idriss Déby, Chadian
president, has directed his soldiers not to allow their Nigerian counterparts
free captured Boko Haram insurgents.
Chadian troops had,
a week ago, launched an offensive against the insurgents in the Goje-Chadian
area of Sambisa forest, a stronghold of Boko Haram.
Scores of the
insurgents were killed and the Chadian soldiers took over their arms’ store in
the area.
In a viral video,
Déby is seen telling the troops that if freed, the insurgents would come to
Chad to hurt them.
“This place will be
our zone until Nigeria sends its soldiers. Stay with them for about a month. Do
not let them free captured weapons or any Boko Haram terrorists, they will
return to Chad and this will just hurt us,” he said.
“So let them just
understand. We are not leaving the situation like this. In the next few days, I
will speak with the President of Niger. You guys destroyed at least 90 percent
of Boko Haram. That I confirm and can tell the world that 90 percent of Boko
Haram is destroyed.
“The 10 percent that
are left are running everywhere. Some have drowned and some ran to Niger, some
to Nigeria but they will never come to Chad again. Chad is no place for Boko
Haram.”
In March 2015, Déby
said Nigeria was absent from the war against Boko Haram.
In 2016, the Nigerian
army had launched Operation Safe Corridor, an initiative for the
deradicalisation and rehabilitation of all ex-Boko Haram members, an idea some
soldiers kicked against.
See the video below:
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