Major General Ibrahim Attahiru, The Theatre Commander of Operation Lafiya Dole, disclosed this on Wednesday at a press conference at the Command Control Center, Maiduguri, Borno State.
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Onyeama told the Correspondent of the News Agency of Nigeria in New York that threats from the Boko Haram insurgents were, however, not yet over.
The Governor of Cameroon’s Far North region, Midjiyawa Bakary, told Reuters on telephone on Thursday that the girl, between 12 and 13 years old, arrived at the Sanda-Wadjiri Mosque in remote Kolofata between 5 a.m. and 6 a.m.
On 10/9/2017, at about 2100hrs, the intelligence arm of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad of the command, were able to negotiate a peaceful surrender of repentant Boko Haram terrorists with their families. One Ibrahim Dala (alias Abu Ali), formerly of Kawar Mela ward, Maiduguri, an Amir (commander) of the Mamman Nur faction, along with Audu Mustapha Bukar, ‘m’ 20yrs and Laminu Mustapha Modu, ‘m’ 25yrs, all residing at Talala insurgents camp in sambisa forest, surrendered themselves unconditionally to Borno state police command. Audu Mustapha Bukar and Laminu Mustapha Modu, both of whom are from Ngallamari village, claimed to have been held hostage by the sect sometime ago and we’re conscripted. Others include:
The Command striking unit and team of investigators were promptly dispatched to the area. The said deployment and the use of undercover operatives led to the arrest of five persons who made confessional statements and revealed the location where the abducted children were kept.
James further disclosed that the repented insurgents surrendered to the corps under the Operation Safe Corridor initiated by the Federal Government.
Buratai said: “With this feat achieved, the relevance of Shekau is no longer of any consequence.”
The attackers burned down around 30 houses in Gakara village, just outside the town of Kolofata, which has been a frequent target of suicide bombings by the Islamist group.
He said this in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja while reacting to an audio clip that had gone viral, especially in the Northern part of the country.
Brig Gen. Sani Usman, the Director, Army Public Relations, in a statement in Maiduguri on Wednesday, disclosed that the insurgents were killed on Monday.
Ibrahim made the commitment in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Wednesday in Maiduguri.
Ismail Omipidan, an Assistant Editor with the Sun newspapers, stressed the need for journalists to change the narrative in the way they report the activities of the Boko Haram terrorists
It said: “The Regional Summit builds on the work of the first Summit focused on the security issues hosted by France, two years ago, which had helped in degrading Boko Haram insurgency
Any such force will represent the most robust international response yet to the militants who have killed thousands over the last year in their campaign for an Islamic caliphate
The only offence of the children was that they were Nigerians who believed in the importance of acquiring western education. The females, who were spared, were threatened to be killed if they do not abandon their educational pursuit and get married. The recent victims of the marauders were children of secondary school age
A statement by NEMA’s Information ffiOcer, North East Zone, Abdulkadir Ibrahim, in Yola, Adamawa State, said over 2,000 were also internally displaced after the raid
Shettima said the plan was part of government’s agenda of
“reconstruction, rehabilitation and reintegration”, to consolidate the
return of peace after a prolonged Boko Haram crisis