Chadian President, Idriss Deby, on August 11, 2015, said that terrorist sect, Boko Haram had been decapitated.
‘Sect has been beheaded,’ Chadian President says
Deby also said that operations to combat the group would be completed “by the end of the year”.
Abubakar Shekau in the middle, with other lieutenants.
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He made the comments while speaking to journalists in N'djamena on the 55th anniversary of Chad's independence from France.
Deby said:
“Boko Haram is decapitated. There are little groups (of Boko Haram members) scattered throughout east Nigeria, on the border with Cameroon. It is within our power to definitively overcome Boko Haram.”
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“The war will be short, with the setting up of the regional force, it will be over by the end of the year.”
Deby also said that the regional force, which will include troops from Benin Republic, Cameroon, Chad, Niger and Nigeria and be headquartered in N'djamena, would soon be operational.
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