Nigeria, Nov. 18 -- The Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum, has warned that joint security operations targetting the strongholds of Boko Haram and ISWAP are needed to decimate the terrorist groups, otherwise the security situation in the Northeast region will continue to escalate.

The governor said the coordinated military offensive involving the Army, Navy, and Air Force should target the insurgents' strongholds in the Lake Chad area, specifically at Tumbus, Mandara hills and Sambisa Game Reserve.

He stated this on Monday when he received the newly appointed Chief of the Air Staff, Sunday Aneke, at the Government House, Maiduguri.

He identified the islands, known as the Tumbus, as a critical safe haven for Boko Haram and ISWAP fight...