The nation’s military chiefs are to move back
to the Maiduguri command centre to
consolidate the gains against Boko Haram
insurgency.
The Minister of Defence, Mansur Dan-Ali,
made this known while answering
questions from State House correspondents
after a closed-door meeting with the Acting
President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo in the
Presidential Villa, Abuja, on Thursday.
He said the meeting was also attended by
the Chief of Defence Staff, Gen. Gabriel
Olonisakin; the Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen.
Tukur Buratai, Chief of Naval Staff,Vice
Admiral Ekwe Ite-Ibas, and the Chief of Air
Staff, Air Vice Marshal Sadiq Abubakar.
According to the minister, the meeting
agreed to get more surveillance devices,
cameras and other vital security gadgets
that will be able to see distant attackers
coming to the position of the Nigerian
troops.
“We just finished a meeting with the Acting
President and the three Service Chiefs.
“We agreed that they should move back to
the Command Centre again and see what
are the things happening there.
“We have also agreed that we should get
more surveillance devices, cameras that will
be able to see distant attackers coming to
the position of our troops.
“The period of the raining season is a
difficult moment for us.
“We cannot dominate the environment like
what we do during the dry season but
effort is geared towards regaining back our
areas,’’ he added.
Dan-Ali reassured that “all these ambushes
that are happening regularly would be
stopped.’’
Suspected insurgents on Tuesday attacked a
convoy of oil workers at a village along
Gubio and Magumeri local government
areas.
The attackers ambushed the oil workers,
who were staff of the Nigerian National
Petroleum Corporation, travelling in a convoy
of about 10 vehicles.
