Nigerian army captures key Boko Haram camp in Sambisa

The President of Nigerian, Muhammadu Buhari on Friday said, the Nigerian army has captured a key camp used by the Islamist terrorist groups, Boko Haram, the group's last enclave in the vast Sambisa forest that was its stronghold in northeastern part of the country.

"I was told by the Chief of Army Staff that the camp fell at about 1.35pm on Friday, December 23, and that the terrorists are on the run, and no longer have a place to hide," Buhari said in an emailed statement.

According to Buhari, the capture of Camp Zero marked the "final crushing of Boko Haram terrorists in their last enclave in Sambisa forest."

Boko Haram has killed 15,000 people and displaced more than two million people during its seven-year insurgency to create an Islamic state governed by a strict interpretation of sharia law in the country.

Reuters.