“Nigeria has entered the highest-risk category after forecasts showed parts of Borno could face catastrophic hunger,” the report stated.
According to the report, the plan is designed to lure the soldiers into an ambush where they will be killed and their weapons seized.
“Terror-related deaths are down by 81 per cent since 2015,” Mr Tinubu said. “Over 13,000 terrorists have been neutralised in the past year.”
The Nigerian Air Force says its airstrikes killed scores of terrorists at Metele in the Northern Tumbuns area of the Lake Chad Basin.
AFRICOM’s spokeswoman, Rebecca Heyse, said the joint counter-terrorism operations conducted by Nigerian and U.S. forces significantly weakened ISIS activities in the region.
“A new Nigeria must emerge—one where no citizen is condemned because of tribe, religion, or birthplace,” Mr Obi stated.
Stakeholders in Borno, Yobe, and Adamawa have expressed concern over the deplorable conditions of some major roads in the North-East.
The military said its precision airstrike around Kirta and Arina Ciki killed several terrorist commanders, including Khalifa Umar, a member of the ISWAP Shura Council.
The chief of army staff’s welfare flight has airlifted a total of 332 military personnel in and out of the North-East theatre as part of routine troop rotation and welfare support.
The United Nations says some weapons looted during the Libyan conflict in 2011 have ended up in the hands of extremist groups in Nigeria.
