We've liberated your communities, return home - Buaratai tells IDPs
- The internally displaced persons in Borno North have been called upon to return to their communities
- The chief of Army staff, Lieutenant General Buratai Tukur, urged them to return home because their communities are now safe
- He said their communities have been liberated by the troops of Operation Last Hold
The chief of Army staff, Lieutenant General Tukur Buratai, has called on internally displaced persons in Borno North to return home to restart their lives as their communities are now safe and secure.
NAN reports that Buratai made the call at the inauguration of nine gunboats for the Amphibious Task Force Detachment at Baga, for patrol and clearing the remaining Boko Haram terrorists from the Lake Chad waterways.
Legit.ng notes that the army chief said: “Let me use this opportunity to call on the good people of Northern Borno to please, leverage on the deployment of Operation Last Hold to return to their communities which have long been liberated by our gallant troops.
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“All roads linking communities within these areas have been cleared of improvise explosive devices (IEDs) as well as insurgent activities as they can no longer pose any credible threats to your daily routine.
Earlier, the army chief, represented by Major General David Ahmadu, the chief of operation and training, formally launched the ongoing “Operation Last Hold’’ at Gudumbali in Guzamala local government area of Borno.
The four-month long operation began on May 1 and was designed to flush out remnant of terrorists in Borno North and Lake Chad region as well as facilitate the return of IDPs to their communities.
Buratai said that the operation was meant to achieve three objectives. He said: “These are clearance operations to further decimate remnant of the Boko Haram terrorists, ensure return of IDPs to their communities and provide safe and secure environment for the resumption of farming, fishing and other economic activities in Northern Borno.’’
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Meanwhile, Legit.ng previously reported that the Nigerian Army late Tuesday, June 5, denied claims by a section of the country’s media that the chief of Army staff Lieutenant General Tukur Buratai, recently launched the operation Island protect in Lagos.
A statement by Brigadier General Texas Chukwu, the director of Army public relations, said though Buratai was in Lagos recently, he only visited the Banana Island area of Lagos and that this should not be taken that he flagged-off of the project.
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Source: Legit.ng
