Why full success has not been achieved in Boko Haram fight, by Chadian president

President Idris Derby of Chad on Monday said the war against Boko Haram has not yet been totally won as a result of lack of full cooperation between Chad and Nigerian forces.
Derby was speaking after a meeting with President Goodluck Jonathan at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
Fielding questions from journalists after the meeting, Derby said it was regrettable that the “two armies (the Nigerian and the Chadian) are working separately in the field; they are not undertaking joint operation. If they were operating joint operation, probably they would have achieved more results.”
The visiting president had sometime in March accused Nigeria of downplaying the threat from Boko Haram and failing to cooperate with the regional coalition battling the jihadists, saying there had been zero contact between their armies.
It would be recalled that Chad, Cameroon and Niger had also joined forces since January to battle the Islamist sect, whose insurgency has claimed more than 13,000 lives in northern Nigeria since 2009.
The Chadian President had at the time said he was baffled by the Nigerian government’s lack of cooperation with the neighbouring troops.
“Two months after the start of this war, we have not had any direct contact with the Nigerian army units on the ground,” he had told the French weekly.
In his response to journalists at the State House Abuja, the Chadian President said it was important for him to have come to discuss with the Nigerian President as he leaves office to review “what we did together, what we achieved together in the fight against Boko Haram”.
He further stated that it was true that Boko Haram has not been completely subdued “but they have been tremendously weakened. I did not want to wait and come during the inauguration of the new government; I thought I should come to consult with Mr. President, to congratulate him and to have this exchange and have overview of what we have been able to achieve in the fight against Boko Haram”.
Chad, one of Nigeria’s closest neighbours, has been involved in the fight against Boko Haram as they may be easily affected by the insurgency.
Responding to questions on the multinational task force fighting in Lake Chad, he explained: “In the Lake Chad Basin, there are four countries Cameroon, Nigeria, Chad and Niger that are currently securing the area. The four countries have managed to form a multinational mixed force that will metamorphose into what is probably known as a Rapid Response Force that the African Union is trying to form for Africa”.