"The army is currently doing a limited demining of routes in the forest to enable troops to move around for operations. On remnants of the terrorists, Mr. Buratai said of the three affected states by insurgency in the North-East, Yobe and Adamawa were now almost "100 per cent free of the insurgent" except Borno. Mr. Buratai said what was needed now was massive deployment of police and civil defence personnel in major towns, and communities where people had returned to. "There are concerns all over that at this stage we really need the civil authority to come and take up their responsibilities fully," Mr. Buratai said. On Amnesty International's continuous accusation of human rights violations by personnel of the army, Mr. Buratai insisted that the army does not infringe on individual rights.

Source: The North Africa Journal April 02, 2017 17:15 UTC