Boko Haram is not a new problem. They have history. For example, the first time they captured was Damboa, in Borno state. They captured this town in July, 2013 (source: Vanguard).

Thus began their thirst for a caliphate, and with it cries for the extermination of the ignoble sect, once and for all.

The battle raged on, and for a while, it looked like Nigeria was on the losing side of the fight. That was until Nigeria pooled its military strength with Chad, Niger and Cameroon. Now the terrorists are beginning to feel the strain.

In this article, Vanguard details the blow-by-blow account of the operation on Sambisa by the troops.

"The conquest is traceable to a number of factors, which hitherto encumbered the operations of the military," says Vanguard.

"Apart from partnering with Chadian, Camerounian and Nigerien troops in confronting the sect, first is that the Nigerian Army and the Airforce, which didn’t have the requisite weaponry to fight the type of guerilla warfare that was visited on the country by Boko Haram, have become properly equipped with necessary military hardware.

"The Airforce was reinvigorated by the Federal Government’s procurement of 40 attack aircraft including helicopters with night vision equipment and capabilities.

"Before now, the Boko Haram terrorists, aware of the shortcomings of the military, employed anti-aircraft guns to bring down some Airforce aircraft. The noise level of such aircraft easily gave them away during attack missions but that has been addressed."

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