Speaking with newsmen on the side-line of a visit he paid to Benue State’s Gov. Samuel Ortom, the minister said the action of the world powers was deleterious and frustrating Nigeria’s resolve to end the twin-menace as well as end extremism.
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The state Chairman, Network of Civil Society Organisations, Amb. Ahmed Shehu, made the call on Sunday in a statement he signed and made available to newsmen in Maiduguri.
Zulum announced the donation on Wednesday in Maiduguri while addressing members of the CJTF.
The house at its Thursday plenary presided over by the Deputy Speaker, Alhaji Abdullahi Askira, said members of defunct FSARS in Borno under the leadership of Mohammed played vital role in the fight against insurgency and other violent crimes.
The forum also urged Zulum to summon an enlarged security meeting with all stakeholders in the state to discuss the way forward.
In a statement read at a press briefing in Maiduguri on Saturday, the Secretary-General of Northern Borno Youths Frontier, Musa Alhaji-Saleh, said the development was a major step that would facilitate the return of normalcy to recovered areas.
Oba Oyelude, in a statement, said while it was regrettable that policemen and soldiers died in the attack, it was noteworthy that the governor himself was said not to be in the convoy when the attack happened.
The Coordinator, Defence Media Operations, Major General John Enenche, said this at the updates briefing on military operations across the country on Thursday in Abuja.
Air Commodore Ibikunle Daramola, NAF Director of Relations and Information, who made this known in a statement in Abuja, said the Service took delivery of the aircraft on Friday.
Buratai gave the assurance when he paid a courtesy visit to the Emir of Kano, Alhaji Aminu Ado Bayero, on Saturday as part of his operational visit to the 3 Brigade, Kano.
The Coordinator, Defence Media Operations, Major General John Enenche, in a statement on Saturday, said the location served as terrorists’ logistics distribution centre and meeting point.
The PDP described as absurd, but revealing, that the APC-led government
would arrest, harass and detain victims of the bandits but chose to negotiate, hobnob with and even pay money to the assailants.
The National Security Adviser to the President, retired Major General Babagana Monguno, disclosed this to State House correspondents on Thursday after a closed-door security meeting with the President at the State House, Abuja.
The decision for the meeting was part of the resolution of the Senate following a Point of Order raised by Senator Abubakar Kyari (Borno-APC) during Thursday’s plenary.
The piece of legislation, titled: “Rape and Insurgency Victims Stigmatisation (Prohibition) Bill 2019,” was sponsored by Senator Mohammed Sani Musa (Niger East)
The Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Tukur Buratai, on Monday updated President Muhammadu Buhari on the successes recorded in the fight against insurgency in the North East, saying 1,429 insurgents were neutralised in the last two months.
Buratai, who made this known after updating the President on the ongoing military operations against terrorist groups, revealed that 116 Boko Haram informants were also apprehended.
He said: “The troops are putting in their best and that has resulted in the tremendous successes we are recording.
“The fight is still ongoing and over 1,429 of this Boko Haram terrorists have been neutralised and we have arrested over 166 Boko Haram terrorists informants, their spies, couriers on logistics and their coordinators in the villages, the towns and even the forest.
“So, this is a tremendous achievement.
“Our intelligence corps along with the Department of State Services and of course our good friends, the Civilian Joint Task Force, have worked very hard to see that this is achieved and I assure you that things will continue to improve as the days go by.”
Buratai, who has been at the theatre of war in the North East for the past two months, said the President was pleased with the performance of the nation’s troops in the battle fields.
He said: “I came in from the North East just a day ago and it behooves on me to brief the President on what transpired there during the two months I stayed there.
“I have given him details of what the troops are doing and what we have achieved as well as what we intend to achieve in the nearest future.
“So far so good.
“Even before I came, the President has been getting reports on what is happening in the North East.
“So, with this brief that I gave him this morning, it is further confirmation of what he has been receiving and so far.”
Buratai expressed the readiness of the military to continue to deal with the situation, not only in the North East, but all other parts of the country.
“Tremendous success has been achieved and we are very happy with what is going on, the morale of the troops in the trenches is very high at the moment, and their loyalty and commitment is not in doubt.
“Surely, you will agree with me that the troops’ morale is very high.
“It is something of trust, something of confidence and something that will raise the spirit of any officer or soldier when he sees his Chief of Army Staff in the trenches along with him.
“This has raised the morale of the troops and has also made them to put in their best and that is what has resulted in us doing so well and it’s still on going.”
The Chief of Army Staff, who announced that he would soon return to the battle fields to complete the fight against the insurgents, said the military would continue to tackle all forms of security challenges in collaboration with all other security agencies.
He lauded the efforts and loyalty of the officers and men of the Nigerian Army.
Buratai said: “We have very loyal and courageous officers and soldiers.
“While in the battle field there, some of them were even ready to take the bullet for me.
“So, I am very much impressed and happy with my officers and soldiers.
“This is to show the level of morale that they had while I was there and I will continue to be with them to raise their morale.”
Ndume, who is the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Nigerian Army, made this known in Maiduguri on Monday while speaking with newsmen.
The Coordinator, Defence Media Operations, Major General John Enenche, disclosed this in a statement on Thursday in Abuja.
The Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Tukur Buratai, has tasked troops in the North East theatre of operation to brace up for the final defeat of insurgents.
Nigeria and the Republic of Chad on Thursday agreed to sustain the tempo for the defeat suffered by Boko Haram where five bases of the terror group in both countries were destroyed.