Nigerian Military Ready To Flush Out Boko Haram — Defence Spokesman
The Director of Defence Information, Major General Chris Olukolade,Thursday said the military was in the final phase of wiping out terrorists from the North-east.
Olukolade said this at the just concluded media tour in Gwoza and other operational areas in the North-east.
“The tour is even beyond Gwoza and while we were at Gwoza, you possibly are aware that our troops had taken Yamkeke.
“And Bita any moment from now the operation there will be completed,” he said. “So you see that the advance is still continuing and the tempo of the mission is high and we are really in the final phase of the mission,” Olukolade said.
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According to him, the tour is to confirm to media the level of atrocities committed by the terrorists before they vacated those areas.
He said the tour was to further confirm that life was returning to normalcy after the entry of troops.
Olukolade, according to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), said the media interaction with members of the community was indicative that the people were pleased with the security situation in the communities.
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“What we should be doing is consolidating on the level of synergy in this mission; you can see that the coordination among the armed forces had really improved.
“And it is responsible for the successes of the mission lately and you also see that collaboration with other security agencies had made a lot of impact on the successes recorded.
“We should sustain it so that subsequently such incidents should not develop at all.
Olukolade said the stabilisation of the environment was ongoing as well as ensuring that the military kept to the slogan of “never again that the Nigerian military tolerate this kind of situation.
"We call on Nigerians for support and we assure you that the military would not disappoint the nation.
“The area left to be captured are very minimal and what is important now is the stabilisation of the territories taken back and the mopping up operations; cordon and search was ongoing.
"The Muilt-National Joint Task Force (MNJTF) was put in place to guarantee the success of the mission, the task force had helped against the previous situation where the Nigerian Armed Forces swept them off and only for them to regroup in other places.
"It would be difficult for the terrorists to regroup, considering the involvement of the MNJTF which was specifically tasked to operate along the border.
“And they are there to ensure that there is no new breeding ground and escape route for the terrorists."
Source: NAN
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