Operations are intensifying in the remaining two local government areas – Magumeri and Gwoza- to flush out the insurgents, it was gathered yesterday in Abuja.
The sect members are said to have bases in Gwoza hills.
A reliable source said the Special Operation against the insurgents has recorded a huge success.
However, the claim could not be independently confirmed.
The source said: “The Special Forces have chased away the Boko Haram insurgents from 25 out of 27 Local Government Areas in Borno State. So, the troops have secured a substantial part of the state. We have also restored people’s confidence in the system.
“The final battle is focused on Magumeri and Gwoza LGAs in the state, especially within the hilly terrain in Gwoza. It is a question of weeks before we rout out the insurgents in these hilly areas.
“The challenge in Gwoza is informed by the fact that some locals are cooperating with the Boko Haram sect but this will be a thing of the past soon. They have brainwashed some of the locals that they are fighting a cause to Islamise Nigeria. These locals in Gwoza have bought into this idea of Islamising the country but the situation is changing in the past two weeks.”
But a military source said: “I don’t think it is appropriate to say that we have regained the control of some LGAs from Boko Haram because they were never in control. Do not glorify the insurgents as if they had ever taken control of a part of Nigeria. We have addressed the insurgency; we have substantially chased away Boko Haram members from Borno State.
“The mandate of the Special Forces involves asserting the territorial integrity of Nigeria and they have done very well in the three states under emergency rule. We have some remnants still lurking around some hilly places but we will deal with them. Everywhere is just being combed now to finally chase them out.”
On GSM services in Borno State, the military source added: “Time is not ripe.”
When contacted, the Director of Defence Information, Brig.-Gen. Chris Olukolade, said the Special Operation in Adamawa, Borno, and Yobe states had achieved its target of tackling insurgency.
He said: “To the best of our understanding, the operation has achieved its objective. A major testimony to the success of the operation is the improved socio-economic life of the people of the states covered by the emergency and the increased confidence in the military and security agencies which we now see in terms of cooperation from the populace.”
He, however, explained that the security situation in Borno State has not given room for the restoration of GSM services.
“When the security analysis of the environment confirms that the GSM service should be restored, we will do so immediately,” he said.
Olukolade said in spite of the success achieved by the Special Forces, they are not relaxing.
He said: “The tempo of the Special Operation is still maintained everywhere, it is not as if we have relaxed. Anywhere there are insurgents, we will chase them out accordingly.”
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ReplyDeleteBut is it chasing them away from these areas that is the solution? Won't they go and initiate attacks again from whereever they have been chased out to? Getting rid of them entirely os the best solution. Anyway, God will help the jtf.
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