The chief of army staff (COAS) Lt. General
Tukur Buratai, has led Nigerian troops on
field inspection of the recaptured strategic
town of Gamboru Ngala, crossing a bridge to
Fatokol where a huge crowd of Nigerians
received them with cheers and emotional
tears.
The level of devastation of Gamboru Ngala
was very pathetic as most infrastructure and
monuments including vehicles, shops and
streetlights had been destroyed by Boko
Haram terrorists while the town was under
their control.
The army chief assured the crowd that with
the support of President Muhammadu Buhari,
supply of new equipment and deployment of
well-trained troops, the Boko Haram
atrocities would soon come to an end.
Army releases 128 Boko Haram detainees
Meanwhile, the Nigerian Army has released
128 detainees who have been cleared by the
joint intelligence corps, after certifying that
they had no link with the Boko Haram
terrorist group in Borno.
Buratai who handed over the detainees to
Gov. Kashim Shettima said that they were
arrested at different parts of the state by the
military in its anti-terrorism campaign.
Buratai said that after thorough screening by
a team of military intelligence officers, the
police and the Department of State Security
Service (DSSS), the suspects were found to
be clean and were thus released.
Sambisa Raid: Troops in steady progress
against Boko Haram – Army
The Army has said that troops involved in the
counter-insurgency operation code-named
“Operation Lafiya Dole’’ are making steady
progress towards clearing all Boko Haram
enclaves in and around Sambisa Forest.
A statement issued by the acting director of
Army Public Relations, Sani Usman, said that
troops were currently clearing Boko Haram
hideouts around areas that had already been
taken over by the Army within the forest.
He reaffirmed the commitment of the
Nigerian Army towards ending insurgency
and ensuring a safe and secure Nigeria in
line with the directive of President
Muhammadu Buhari.
In a related development, the Army
announced the arrest of some suspected
suppliers of hard drugs and other stimulants
to Boko Haram terrorists. The Army said the
suspects were arrested by troops between
Depchi and Geidam in Geidam local
government area of Yobe State on Tuesday.
NEMA receives another 650 IDPs from
Cameroon
Meanwhile, the National Emergency
Management Agency (NEMA) has said that
another set of 650 Nigerian refugees arrived
at Fufore, Adamawa State, who were sent
back from Cameroon.
The agency’s camps coordinator, Sa’ad
Bello, said the repatriated Nigerians were
mostly women and children. “So far, we have
received over 9,000 Nigerians who escaped
Boko Haram attacks to Cameroon Republic;
the repatriated Nigerians were mostly
women and children from Borno.”
He said the agency has settled the IDPs in
four major camps in the state. The camps
coordinator said the new IDPs were
undergoing intensive security and health
screening and appealed to well-meaning
Nigerians and organisations to collaborate
with the agency in assisting them.
Navy redeploys 28 Rear Admirals, 33
Commodores
The chief of naval staff, Vice Admiral Ibok-
Ete Ibas, has approved the redeployment of
61 senior officers of flag ranks in the
Nigerian Navy with the exercise affecting 28
Rear Admirals and 33 Commodores.
A statement by the director of naval
information, Commodore Kabir Aliyu,
yesterday, said the redeployed senior
officers are expected to resume in their new
units in the third week of this month.
Lake Chad Basin countries committed to
ending Boko Haram – DHQ
The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) has said
that the Lake Chad Basin member-countries
are committed to ending the menace of Boko
Haram terrorists in the region.
The acting director of defence information,
Col. Rabe Abubakar, who made the
revelation, said the concerned countries
have formed a joint regional force comprising
8,700 troops under the Multi-National Joint
Task Forces to execute the war against
terror.
Abubakar spoke during a maiden media
parley with journalists at the Defence
Headquarters in Abuja yesterday, where he
called for a stronger military/media relations
for the public to appreciate the sacrifices and
display of gallantry by the Nigerian troops
and other security agents in the ongoing war
against insurgency.
North-East’ll need $1bn to repair
infrastructure destroyed by Boko Haram –
Shettima
Borno State governor Kashim Shettima, has
said that the Northeast will need $1billion to
repair infrastructure destroyed by the Boko
Haram, Bloomberg reports.
“Hospitals, bridges, roads that they mined
will require about N79billion ($397million) to
rebuild,” Shettima said in an interview in his
office in Maiduguri.
“If you are to quantify the homes, the figure
may reach even three times the figure I
quoted. The quantum of funds required for
the rehabilitation, reconstruction and
resettlement of our people is so enormous. It
increases by the day,” he said.
The World Bank is considering a $2.1 billion
loan to rebuild infrastructure in the
Northeastern state after a meeting with
President Muhammadu Buhari in Washington
in July. Shettima said he is making efforts to
ensure his state gets some of the funds and
rebuilding.
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