The community made a passionate appeal at a news conference organised by the Bale Galtimari Consultative Forum in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital.
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Capt. Reuben Kovangiya, acting Deputy Director, Army Public Relations, Headquarters Theatre Command, Operation HADIN KAI, disclosed this statement in Maiduguri on Wednesday.
The NHRC Executive Secretary, Tony Ojukwu, made the appeal in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Maiduguri
Bello, who is also the Secretary to the State Government, spoke with newsmen on Sunday after an unscheduled inspection visit to the area as part of preparations for the commencement of the Clean-Up of the inner streets in the area
The position of the military followed the refusal of the wives of some soldiers in the Giwa Barracks of the 7 Division of the Nigerian Army in Maiduguri, Borno State to allow their spouses to leave for operational areas
Sources told The Eagle Online that the remnants of the insurgents, flushed out of Maiduguri, the Borno State capital, after a failed attempt to free their arrested members from Giwa Barracks, had started regrouping when information reached the Joint Task Force
The Eagle Online learnt that the attackers entered the town through Bama Road from where they attacked Giwa Barracks.