Nigeria, April 30 -- Nigeria's chief of army staff, Ibrahim Attahiru, says recent attacks on military bases and the attendant losses of soldiers and equipment will not stop the military from winning the war against the Boko Haram insurgency.

Mr Attahiru, a lieutenant-general, said this on Thursday in Maiduguri, Borno State, when he paid yet another visit to the frontline.

It was the fifth time that the army chief was visiting the state since his appointment in February. The latest visit followed this week's attack on troops at Mainok village, where major military equipment was destroyed or reportedly stolen by the insurgents.

PREMIUM TIMES had reported that about 18 soldiers were killed while 43 of them were injured during the attack....