English: The insurgents are obviously riding the momentum and are motivated in manners that are completely alien to the military. According to a recent report by the AFP, in no year since the upsurge of conflicts in the North East have Nigerian troops been exposed to the level of casualties inflicted on them by the insurgents in 2018 alone. With an enlarged war chest, a strategic control of the economic mainstay of the Chad Basin cross cutting fishing, all season farming, water and control of cross border trade routes, the insurgents are looking formidable.
Igbo: Ndị omekome na-enwe mmeri ugbua ma na enwe mkpali n'ụzọ nke na-eyi ndị agha egwu. Dịka mkpesa anyị nwetara site n'aka AFP, ọ nwebeghị mgbe ọgbaaghara dị etua mere na Ugwu Ọwụwa anyanwụ nke mere ka ndị agha Naịjirịa banye na nsogbu dịka ha nọ ugbua n'aka ndị omekome naanị n'afọ 2018. N'ihi mbawanye nke obi ọgụ, atụmatụ mgbazi nke akụnaụba nke Chad Basin nyere ịkụ azụ, ịkọ ugbo oge niile, mmiri, mgbazi ngafe oke ala azụmahịa, ndị omekome ahụ nọsiri ike.