Over the last two months, under the terms of a regional pact, neighbours Niger Republic, Cameroon, Nigeria and Chad have launched a joint offensive against Boko Haram. This has resulted in successful raids against the terrorists, pushing them out of their strongholds and confining them to a small area in the Sambisa Forest and the Lake Chad area.
Yesterday, the Nigerian Army launched an attack on another hideout and discovered a treasure trove of intelligence, including sensitive materials including arms, ammunitions, information and communication technology gadgets and video recordings of beheadings. Now, the video materials, which are believed to include recordings of scenes of trials, beheadings, executions, stoning, floggings and those taken during preparations for suicide attacks, are being analysed by military experts.
One military source said: “Some of the video were meant for release through their normal channels to the public before they were dislodged from their camps and they also show the barbaric life in their so-called caliphate. The media and the public are advised to be careful in handling or sharing sensitive and offensive videos depicting atrocities that some viewers may find disturbing.”
Since the Nigerian Army invaded Sambisa Forest a few weeks ago, they have liberated about 1,000 women and children from the various terrorists camps already dismantled. There have been tales of woes and great distress from many of those rescued from the terrorists about their reign of terror and lately of despondency within the ranks of the insurgents.
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