Boko Haram Commander Apprehended In Ikorodu, Lagos State

The Army Staff Chief  , lt.-gen. tukur buratai has revealed the arrest of a boko haram terrorist in Ikorodu location of lagos state   .

Buratai stated the terrorist, one of these fleeing from the hitherto boko haram stronghold of sambisa forest area, was arrested on saturday.

Buratai made the revelation in a statement before gov. kashim shettima of borno cut the tape to re-open  predominant roads inside the nation that had been closed considering the fact that 2013 at the peak of the atrocities of the insurgents.

The roads are maiduguri-gubio-damasak and maiduguri-monguno-baga. they were opened inside the wake of the declaration by  President Muhammadu Buhari that the terrorists had been flushed out of sambisa forest area.

Buratai charged the troops no longer to relent till all the terrorists who had waged a struggle towards nigeria when you consider from 2009 are arrested.

“You must maintain the momentum of the operation. We must pursue the terrorists wherever they are. We must not allow them to regroup,” the army chief said.

He stated despite the take over of the terrorists’ remaining robust preserve within the Sambisa Forest as said by president muhammadu buhari, “we have no time to waste”.

The seven-yr combat towards the boko haram terrorists was define by the chief of army team of staffs as  “pretty sober and tochy”, saying that a number of officers and soldiers had lost their lives within the battle.

He prayed for the repose in their souls and vowed that the navy might recommit itself to the combat till “remnants’’ of the terrorists have been cleared.

The theatre commander, Maj.-Gen. Lucky Irabor operation lafiya dole, had in advance stated that the north east had been secured.

He additionally stated that insurgency had introduced untold complication on the people of borno people and the entire north east area.

Irabor stated that the roads being reopened had been closed three years in the past to check the incursion of the insurgents, adding that the reopening of such roads was an indication that the terrorists had been defeated.

In a message, the leader of defence group of workers, gen. gabriel olonisakin, additionally charged the military to preserve the tempo of operation and ensure that terrorism was removed from the north east.

Represented by means of the Chief of Administration, Defenc Headquarters, Rear Admiral A. A. Dacosta, Olonisakin restated the commitment of the navy to defeating the terrorists.

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