Fish Out Shekau in 40days, Army Chief Directed

Chief of Army Staff gives Theatre Command, Operation Lafiya Dole deadline to capture Abubakar Shekau

Yesterday, Friday 21st July, 2017, the COAS, Nigerian Army, Lietunant General Tukur Yusufu Buratai directed the theatre commander, Operation Lafiya Dole, Major General Ibrahim Attahiru Abubakar Shekau, the sectional leader of the deadly terrorist group, Book Haram, dead or alive.

He was instructed to do so within the spate of 40days.

According to the Director, Army Public Relations, Brigadier General Sani Kukasheka Usman, the command is to use all arsenal in its disposal to carry out this operation successfully.

The general public is therefore implore to assist and volunteer information that would lead to the accomplishment of this task.

This development is a demonstration that the Nigerian Army has confined with the public that Shekau is still alive after several declarations of his termination.

The Army also announced the rescue and quick treatment of an abandoned Boko Haram terrorist.

Nigerian Army Arrest Two Boko Haram members in Kogi

The Nigerian Army on Wednesday paraded 17 suspected criminals including two Boko Haram members arrested in Okene, Kogi State.

The suspects were paraded before journalists at the Command Army Record in Lokoja with various dangerous weapons, including 10 AK 47 rifles, locally made guns, 12 masks of different sizes, munitions, a local dagger knife, pump action guns, grenade and five Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs).

The suspects were paraded before journalists at the Command Army Record in Lokoja with various dangerous weapons, including 10 AK 47 rifles, locally made guns, 12 masks of different sizes, munitions, a local dagger knife, pump action guns, grenade and five Improvised Explosive Devises (IEDs).The Commandant, Army Records, Brig.-Gen. Henry Ayamasaowea, while parading the suspects said in the last three weeks, troops have been working round the clock alongside other security agencies in the state to end kidnapping and the invasion by insurgents.The Nigerian Army on Wednesday paraded 17 suspected criminals including two Boko Haram members arrested in Okene, Kogi State.

He said all the 17 suspects, including Fulani bandits terrorizing the area were arrested in Okene and environs, noting that following the capture of Sambisa forest by the military, many of the insurgents have invaded Kogi State.

“Boko-Haram members have scattered and many of them have made their ways to Kogi State. We took the security situation very serious and that is why we went after them,” he said.he Commandant, Army Records, Brig.-Gen. Henry Ayamasaowea, while parading the suspects said in the last three weeks, troops have been working round the clock alongside other security agencies in the state to end kidnapping and the invasion by insurgents.

He said all the 17 suspects, including Fulani bandits terrorizing the area were arrested in Okene and environs, noting that following the capture of Sambisa forest by the military, many of the insurgents have invaded Kogi State.

“Boko-Haram members have scattered and many of them have made their ways to Kogi State. We took the security situation very serious and that is why we went after them,” he added.