The command centre for Nigeria's
military operation against militant Islamist group Boko Haram has been moved to
Maiduguri, the largest city in the country's northeast, an armed forces spokesman
said on Monday.
Boko
Haram has killed thousands and displaced around 1.5 million people during a
six-year insurgency in which it has tried to establish an Islamic emirate in
the country that is Africa's top oil exporter and most populous nation.
In the last
few days, more than 80 people have been killed in a spate of bombings in
Maiduguri, capital of Borno state where the insurgency began.
"From now on, the fight against
terrorism and insurgency would be monitored, coordinated and controlled from this
centre," said army spokesman Colonel Sani Usman.
He said a military team, led by a two-star
general, had begun work at the command base.
New president Muhammadu Buhari used his
inauguration speech on May 29 to announce that the command centre would move
from Abuja, the capital, to the northeast. Since then he has met his
counterparts in Niger and Chad to discuss the group.
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