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BOKO HARAM: DECEMBER DEADLINE SACROSANCT, ACHIEVABLE – DEFENCE CHIEF

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Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), General Gabriel Olanisakin on Saturday in Maiduguri said the December 31 deadline given to soldiers to end Boko Haram insurgency was achievable if the members of the civil society accorded troops the needed strategic partnership.

The Defence chief stated this while speaking to journalists in Maiduguri after his visit to the heartbeat of the ongoing Boko Haram insurgency.

His words: “The public must continue to ensure security consciousness and ensure make it their duty to report any issue that is of security threat on their lives and property”.

General Olanisakin said visit to Maiduguri, Borno State, was to inspect the ongoing Counter-Terrorism and Counter-Insurgency Operations against Boko Haram.

He said the December deadline remained sacrosanct and must be met to end terrorism in the country, even as he said the war against terrorism was, so far, a success.

The Defense chief admitted that in the course of executing the war against Boko Haram, the military incurred some losses which he said was inevitable in a war against Boko Haram insurgency and terrorism.

He however said that “the losses and challenges being encountered in the operations would enable the military plan and re-stratagise for further operations to meet the December deadline, return peace in the North East.

“The operation Is still ongoing; and we are doing quite well. The indices of this operation is that we are making so much progress in the areas…I ncluding the ones we have taken over from the insurgents.

“Civil authorities are beginning to get back to these liberated areas like Baga, Gambouru, Bama, Gwoza and other communities on the fringes of Sambisa Forest in Borno and Yobe states.”

On December deadline, he said: “It is sacrosanct. We are working and of course we will let you know as time goes on. Of course in operational situations like this, you have challenges; and we are addressing those challenges to make sure that we mitigate them.

“I’m also going to see what is happening in Jakana village and its environs; and assess the position of things in that location. This will enable us give further directives; as to what to do next meet the December deadline on insurgency and terrorism in the nation.
Source : Leadership


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