Osinbajo to Service Chiefs: Go back to the theatre of war and deal with Boko Haram
Service Chiefs are to move back to command centre of the ongoing war against Boko Haram insurgency with a view to consolidating the gains being recorded in the battle fields.
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, Yemi Osinbajo in the Presidential Villa, Abuja, on Thursday.
He said the meeting was also attended by Gabriel Olonisakin, the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Tukur Buratai, the Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Ekwe Ite-Ibas, Chief of Naval Staff (CNS), and Sadiq Abubakar, the Chief of Air Staff (CAS).
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.
“All these ambushes that are happening regularly would be stopped.’’
Members of the Boko Haram sect have intensified their deadly activities in Borno in recent times.
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