The Director of Army Public Relations, Brig.-Gen.
Ibrahim Attahiru, says the insurgents terrorising
people in the North East are “highly mobile and
fluid’’.
Attahiru, who stated this on Tuesday in Abuja
while briefing newsmen on the army’s
operations in the area, gave the assurance that
efforts aimed at curtailing their activities were
yielding result.
“You need to have a better understanding of
how insurgents operate, they are not static
troops; they (insurgents) are highly mobile, very
fluid.
“There is no one solution to insurgency in the
world. They (insurgents) are peculiar and we are
approaching it based on the peculiar need of the
insurgency in the North East.
“The ongoing counter-insurgency efforts of the
Nigerian Army to deal with the threats
constituted by the violent extremist
organisation in the North East have continued to
yield positive results”, he said.
Attahiru recalled that on Saturday, insurgents,
using rocket-propelled grenades and AK 47 rifles
fired into Gamboru-Ngala in Maiduguri, and
troops deployed in the area promptly engaged
them.
He said that the troops killed a number of them
in the ensuing battle, and others fled to Fotokol
in Cameroon.
The army spokesman also said that on Sunday,
the terrorists mounted a road block on the
Dikwa-Gamboru-Ngala axis where they waylaid
passengers and shot at them.
He said that they killed four civilians and
wounded two others, and set two petrol tankers
ablaze, adding that troops from the Special
Operations Battalion killed five of the
insurgents. (NAN)
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