It added that the tactics were nothing but empty threats which would not shield terrorists from defeat.
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Troops of the Nigerian Army have destroyed five additional camps said to have been used by Boko Haram insurgents in Borno State. The UN Children’s Fund says more than 300 schools have been destroyed in an area where fewer than 30 per cent of children are ever educated.
This was disclosed via a statement released by army spokesperson, Sani Usman. Two days later, 57 of the girls managed to escape but 219 remained in captivity, reportedly in the Sambisa Forest.
According to the residents, there seems to be no end in sight to insurgency and the December deadline might be feasible as only aerial bombardment was being carried out by the Nigerian Air Force, Nigerian Tribune reports.
He said in October that the group that the authorities have been negotiating with wants the release of a top bomb expert in exchange for a few of the girls.
The UNICEF says Nigeria has the highest number of children out of school in the world as 10.5 million kids do not go to school in the oil-rich country.
In addition, a suspected female member of the terrorists group was captured and is now undergoing interrogation.
The Military is engaged in fierce battles against the militant Boko Haram sect whose activities have led to the deaths of a few 15 000 people in recent years.
The Boko Harman militancy has also spilled over into several neighboring African nations as well.
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Adetola-Kazeem said he found out that the minors, since their arrest, were being transferred from one military facility to the other, and were moved from Dodan Barracks in Lagos to a military camp in Kotangora, Niger State, where they were being detained now.
