The Multinational Joint Task Force ( MNJTF) has honoured more than 6,000 troops from Nigeria, Cameroon, Chad, Niger Republic and the Republic of Benin.
They were awarded medals for their gallantry in the fight against insurgents in the Lake Chad region.
According to Major Geneneral Abdul Khalifah Ibrahim, the
commander, MNJTF, the force had recorded tremendous successes since it was established in 2015.
Lieutenant Colonel Kamarudeen Adegoke, Ibrahim, chief of military public information office Chad N’Djamena, said in a statement on Friday, that more than 200,000 internally displaced persons/Refugees had returned to their ancestral homes because of the intervention of the MNJTF.
“The Force Commander, MNJTF, Maj Gen Abdul Khalifah Ibrahim, said the 2022 medal parade was unique in several ways, especially the commemoration of the seven years of the operationalisation and reorganisation of the MNJTF in July 2015 in the historic city of N’djamena Chad with specific mandate to combat terrorism and insurgency in the Lake Chad Region.
“He said the MNJTF had carried out several successful major operations since its inception involving other troops contributing countries.
“He noted that in the last one year 200,000 Internal Displaced Persons/Refugees had returned to their ancestral homes across the entire region which included those who fled and had returned to their home town,” the statement said.