The Nigerian Army has said it is not their duty to expose those sponsoring Boko Haram in the country.

The Coordinator of Defence Media Operations, John Enenche, stated this at a media briefing on Thursday.

Enenche admitted that the Army knows that some criminal groups have heavy financial backing, but its major task is to fight “terrorism and other criminality”.

He explained that the National Intelligence Agency (NIA) and the Department of State Services (DSS) were responsible for revealing the sponsors.

He said; "The kind of weapons these terrorists are using like the gun truck and other sophisticated weapons are expensive and how much are they stealing to procure those arms, that have to say that they are sponsored and heavily funded."

“But like I said, It is not the duty of the military to uncover the sponsors.

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"Our duty is to remain in the frontline and defeat terrorism and other criminality and that is what we are doing." 

“We have the National Intelligence Agency (NIA) and the Dept of State Security (DSS). It is their responsibility to gather intelligence on the sponsors of the terrorists and not the military,” Enenche maintained.

On why the military is yet to invade the Sambisa forest, Enenche said troops are trying to avoid collateral damage that may result from “total bombardment of the forest”.

He stated that insurgents enjoy the collaboration of civilians in the area and this makes it difficult for troops to carry out major attacks on identified locations.

“In the north-east, troops of Operation LAFIYA DOLE (OPLD) recorded commendable results in the past two weeks,” he said.