Experts Warned Against Any Premature Declaration Of Victory Against Boko Haram



(AFP) - Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan on Friday said the military hopes to recapture towns seized by Boko Haram within a month, in what would be a swift victory after six years of bloody conflict.
But experts warned against any premature declaration of victory, with the militants still proving capable of carrying out deadly hit-and-run strikes and indications of coalition lapses.
Jonathan, who is seeking re-election on March 28, said Boko Haram was "getting weaker and weaker every day".
"I'm very hopeful that it will not take us more than a month to recover old territories that hitherto have been in their hands," he told the BBC.
Nigeria has claimed major gains against the Islamists with the help of coalition partners Cameroon, Chad and Niger, achieving in just over one month what for years it had failed to on its own.
Two out of three of the worst-hit northeast states -- Yobe and Adamawa -- have been declared "cleared" while the third, Borno, is expected to be liberated "soon", the military said this week.
Major towns such as Bama and Dikwa are among some 36 localities recaptured, with just three said to be still in rebel hands.
National security advisor Mike Omeri said on Wednesday that "the final onslaught" was under way.
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