Usman Baba, inspector-general of police, has expressed
concern over the ability of the Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP)
to fire rockets in communities in Borno state.
ISWAP had launched multiple rocket attacks in Maiduguri, the
state capital, hours before the visit of President Muhammadu Buhari to Borno.
Many houses were destroyed by the explosives that landed in
different areas including Ngomari, Bulumkutu, Ajilari, and Ayafe communities.
Fielding questions on Friday at the end of the emergency
security council meeting presided over by Buhari at the presidential villa,
Baba said the ability of the terrorists to strike with rockets is worrisome.
He, however, said the insurgents were unable to achieve
their objectives.
“They are launching it in major towns, they are launching it
in Maiduguri. It is a concern. And it has been seriously checkmated. There are
efforts to continuously checkmate it,” Baba said.
“Yes, they have done it, but to a large extent they have not
achieved what they intended to achieve because of the situation the security
agencies, particularly the military, put in place.”
Asked if the security agencies have been able to determine
the origins of the rockets, Baba said: “Yes, it had been done before and even
after. Some of those who must have planned and thrown those rockets have been
taken out.”
The police boss assured that the security agencies are
trying to improve on what they are already doing “to ensure there is peace, law
and order during the yuletide period and beyond”.
He reiterated Buhari’s orders to security agencies that the
insurgents must not be spared.
“The marching orders are always the same. It has always been
the same. There is no space, there is no tolerance to any threat to security,”
he said.
“There is no sparing
of any terrorists and there must be an intelligence gathering, there must be proactive
prevention of crime and there must be checkmating of all those that are
involved in criminal activities, whether it be terrorism, banditry or armed
robbery or whatever and that is what we are trying to do to the best of our
knowledge and ability.”
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