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ArewaNorthern socio-cultural group, the Arewa Consultative Forum, has said  that the military campaign in the North-East cannot end the Boko Haram  campaign.
 The group said the military campaign can only reclaim territories occupied by the Boko Haram Sect.
 The National Publicity Secretary, ACF, Anthony Sani, noted that the  effort of the military had helped region greatly, as they had reduced  the spread of terrorist attacks.
 He said the military campaigns had, restricted activities of the sect  to three states (Borno, Yobe and Adamawa), as attacks in areas outside  the three states were no longer frequent.
 Sani in statement said, “I do not think the military campaigns were  designed to put an end to the activities of Boko Haram the way Nigerians  expect because it is not that easy.“The military campaigns were intended to reclaim the territories  taken over by Boko Haram in the hope of making the Nigerian authorities  to negotiate from a position of strength. And that is why the option of  dialogue has not been closed.”
 Sani further said, “ACF accepted the military option that came with  the state of emergency, with the provision that rules of engagement  would be adhered to strictly during the military campaigns. ACF has not  changed its position on that.”
 Similarly, former Head of State, Muhammad Buhari had on Wednesday  scored the Nigerian Army low in the fight against the Boko Haram, in the  North-East, saying there had been series of complaints that soldiers  collect bribes at check-points and rape women during operations.
 He said, “Now, there are accusations that they collect bribes at  checkpoints, that they rape women during operations as was the case in  Borno. That was not known before. Now, if you kill one of their own,  they round up and wipe out the community like what happened at Baga.”

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