Boko Haram not in control of Mafa, Borno ----Olukolade
(Nigeria) The Nigerian Military has denied media report that Boko
Haram insurgents were now in control of Mafa in Borno State.
Major General Chris Olukolade, Director Defence Information
in a statement in Abuja on Monday, said “The reports by some media outfits
claiming that terrorists are now in control of Mafa in Borno State are
false. The truth is that an attempt by a
group of fleeing terrorists who strayed towards the town and engaged in their
typical suicide attack was duly repelled by troops.
“Similarly, the claim by some media organisations that
terrorists chased out troops and took over Marte cannot be verified as troops
were busy elsewhere during the said attack.
However, all efforts
to track the terrorists who were reported to have attacked the town have
not indicated their presence as claimed.
Surveillance activities are however ongoing although there has been no
indication of the large number of terrorists as being claimed in some reports
attributed to anonymous sources.
“The terrorist are certainly no longer capable of that level
of coordinated action by thousands of terrorists as reported.
“Also, troops have not retreated from Sambisa forest as
claimed by same sources. Rather, the
operation is progressing and gaining increasing momentum towards clearing all
terrorists hideouts in the forest.
“It is noteworthy that it is becoming common for stories of
attacks on some remote settlements to be fabricated and attributed to anonymous
or unidentifiable source in remote places.
This is apparently the work of terrorists sympathisers or propagandists.
Military operations to eliminate all terrorists hideouts are
going on well and the terrorists are being seriously decimated. They will continue to be pursued and
prevented from constituting danger to civilian population in their desperation
for survival, suicide or publicity.
“The media is advised to ignore fabrication being churned
out by some terrorists sympathizers trying to encourage the terrorists who are
in disarray. The truth is that the
operation to decimate them from Nigerian territories is progressing well. The military will not be dissuaded by the
resurgence of false reports on the operations.
The progress will be prosecuted as necessary.”
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