The Defence Headquarters has said the recent resurgence of terrorist attacks in the North East and North West was due to the influx of foreign fighters who are providing reinforcement to local terror groups.
Director, Defence Media Operation, Major General Edward Buba, made this known to newsmen during a briefing on Thursday in Abuja.
Buba said: “The resurgence in terror attacks can be attributable to the influx of foreign fighters that come in as reinforcement for these terrorists.
“These foreign fighters are from the Sahelian Region.
“The other contributing factor is the local collaborators that form a support base for these terrorists.
“They serve as informants to the terrorist reporting on troop movement.
“In spite of the situation, troops are profoundly conscious of their role and responsibility in ending insurgency and terrorism in the nation.”
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Buba said troops had continued to take away the most important assets of the terrorists such as their logistics, administrative, and fighting capabilities.
He added: “And. of course, we are applying regional and international pressure, as well as engaging the media.
“All these combine to destroy the terrorists’ will to fight.
“Wars are fought and won all over the world by destroying the enemy’s will to fight.
“And we are bent on achieving just that.
“We understand that this war is not a quick fix, but a long and enduring military operation at the end of which these terrorists will be destroyed and we will have a better world.
“Overall, we understand that we all want to be in a different situation, a situation whereby all this insecurity is over and the terrorist is completely eradicated.”
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