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The defence headquarters (DHQ) says it is highly committed to making life unbearable for enemies of the country.

Rabe Abubakar, defence spokesman, said this in a statement issued in reaction to the latest video of the Boko Haram sect.

Boko Haram had dismissed the victory recorded by the military, threatening to capture President Muhammadu Buhari.

“This message is to the infidels and the leader of the entire infidels who is the president of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari, that he should know we are very strong and doing very well,” a member of the group, said.

“By the will of Allah, under the leadership of our leader Abubakar Shekau, we will capture Buhari with our hands.”

But Abubakar described the video clip as diversionary, and assured Nigerians that the military is capable of dealing with the “remnants of Boko Haram”.

“Much as the Nigerian armed forces would have allowed the ranting of the Boko Haram in its latest video clip to go without formal reaction, it becomes necessary to make some comments to douse the apprehension of the Nigerian citizens concerning the outburst in the video clip,” Abubakar said.

“It is important to state here that the video clip is diversionary and a desperate attempt by the dying Boko Haram sect to remain relevant.  The video clip is a complete show of weakness and sign that the end is near for the insurgents, hence it does not in any way poses threat to us.

“The military is equally not deterred by the photoshop assemblage of worshippers at the supposed Eid-El Kabir prayer which is a replica of the video clip released by the sect in 2014.

“This has cast aspersion to the credibility of the clip and therefore should be disregarded.  The Nigerian military is highly committed to making lives unbearable to the enemies of this nation wherever they are and would do all that is required within its rules of engagement to ensure that no part of Nigerian territory is conducive and habitable for insurgents and any other criminals to stay and operate.

“All threat to leadership of our nation, military and citizens, should be discountenanced in its entirety as military is capable of further decimating the insurgents and providing security for all. While our operation will continue as planned with many terrorists already surrendering and may captives rescued, we advise all the remaining surviving Boko Haram terrorists to surrender now for their own good.”