The Nigerian Defence Headquarters has said there is nothing new about US intelligence on the incursion of Al-Qaeda militants into the north-west region of the country.
John Enenche, the coordinator of defence media operations in a statement released on Thursday August 6 said the intelligence is as old as maybe five or ten years, and it is also not the first time the US would raise such alarm.
The Defence spokesperson further disclosed that it was the Nigerian military that raised the alarm on movement of “terrorists from the middle east to West Africa”.
He revealed that the army’s intelligence agency has been providing information about the infiltration of insurgents, and Nigerians shouldn’t be worried about the activities of the terrorist groups as strategies have been put in place to halt them.
Eneche said;
“Our attention is being drawn to the fact that terrorists from other zones are coming here, I think it would be good for us to be keeping…
Source: Linda Ikeji
