(FILES) This image taken on April 30, 2013 exhibits Nigerian troops patroling within the streets of the distant northeast city of Baga, Borno State. AFP.
The Nigerian army has confirmed stories that ISIS has been sending its members to Nigeria to coach Boko Haram Terrorists (BHT) members.
The Director of Defence Information, Brigadier General John Agim, in a assertion on Wednesday mentioned: “it is pertinent to state categorically that there is concrete evidence on the ground to back their claim.”
He recalled that the Al-Barnawi faction of Boko Haram had in 2016 pledged alliance to the ISIS as a results of our troops.
Agim mentioned: “The Nigeria Military will not stop to condemn all tactics by terrorist groups of isolating the Armed Forces of Nigeria (AFN) from any foreign collaboration”, Agim famous.
“Meanwhile, proactive measures are at present being taken to nip any such growth if it exists within the bud.
“The Armed Forces of Nigeria needs to guarantee all Nigeria that it's as much as the duty of defending the nation and its residents from each try to infiltrate it by criminals.
“Hence, the ill motivated stories, clips and their claims should be disregarded.”