Buni, in a statement by his Director General, Press and Media Affairs, Alhaji Mamman Mohammed in Damaturu, on Thursfay, described the incident as sad and unfortunate.
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The Director, Army Public Relations, Brigadier General Onyema Nwachukwu, said this in a statement on Wednesday.
Buni stated this on Saturday shortly after casting his vote during the local government election, in Buni-Gari, Gujba Local Government area of the state.
A News Agency of Nigeria correspondent who visited the area on Wednesday reports that many farmlands abandoned for several years were being cultivated by the returnees.
Col. Onyema Nwachukwu, the Deputy Director Public Relations,Theatre Command Operation Lafiya Dole, disclosed this in a statement released in Maiduguri.
The Commander, 27 Task Force Brigade, Damaturu, Colonel Usman Yusuf, gave the order to arrest the supposedly madman when he was sighted in one of the dilapidated buildings in the deserted town
A statement by the Nigerian Army said during the operations, the Nigerian troops encountered little resistance as the insurgents were on the run