The senator representing Borno South, Ali Ndume, on Tuesday, expressed confidence that the Boko Haram insurgency ravaging the North-East will reduce with the provision of more attack helicopters.

Ndume stated this during an interview on Channels Television’s Politics Today.

He said the Nigerian Army is able to crush the terrorist activities but called for more funding for the military.

The lawmaker cited inadequate equipment and low morale as some factors mitigating the terror fight in the country.

According to him, the average soldier in the theatre of operation receives N1,500 as a daily allowance.