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Boko Haram: Military To Sustain Onslaught Till IDPs Return Home

The Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshall Abubakar Baba Sadiq, says Nigerian military will continue with its onslaught against Boko Haram insurgents until all Internally … Continue reading Boko Haram: Military To Sustain Onslaught Till IDPs Return Home


Recent Bombings Expected In Insurgency – CAS

abubakar-baba-sadiqThe Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshall Abubakar Baba Sadiq, says Nigerian military will continue with its onslaught against Boko Haram insurgents until all Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) are free to return to their communities.

He made the remarks during the commissioning of an Aircraft Hanger at the flight line of the Nigerian Air Force Base in Yola, Adamawa State named after late Group Captain Kehinde Olowo, who was killed in the line of duty.

Air Marshall Sadiq also urged Nigerians to be vigilant and give useful information that would help the fight against insurgency.

He told reporters that the military operations against the insurgents in the northeast had put an end to movement of Boko Haram terrorists in convoys of vehicles and tanks in the region.

“Yes! There are isolated cases of suicide bombing especially in the last few days. These are all signs of desperation of a group that has actually been made totally insignificant.

“It is very unfortunate that we lost lives but again in every insurgency, sometimes you have these kinds of things happen.

Niger Republic, Boko Haram
Boko Haram insurgency in the northeast displaced over two million persons

He assured Nigerians that the Air Force was doing its best to make sure that the insurgency is subdued.

“It is important that Nigerians should realise that they have a very crucial role to play.

“A fighter aircraft cannot spot a 13-year-old girl carrying explosives. The only means of getting that information is from Nigerians,” he added.

The Boko Haram terrorist group has sustained its campaign for the establishment of an Islamic State and end to Western education in the northeast region.

But military onslaught, heightened in the first quarter of 2015, decimated the group and forced it out of communities it had seized in the region.

Over two million persons have been displaced, with about six million needing humanitarian aid.