Over recent months, government troops have enjoyed a lot of success against Boko Haram insurgents, attacking their bases in Sambisa Forest in Borno State. Remnants of the terrorists still remain across northeast Nigeria and they are still capable of mounting and carrying out sporadic attacks despite not being as organised as before.
Yesterday, Brigadier Abraham Dusu the commander of the 33 Artillery Brigade in Bauchi, said the military has embarked on an operation to flush out insurgents and other criminal elements in Bauchi State forests. He said the aggressive operation was ongoing in Lame and Burra forests in Toro and Ningi Local Government Areas of the state.
According to Brigadier Dusu, the chief of army staff General Yusuf Buratai, had directed the brigade to carry out the operations after a series of complaints by local residents about the movement of unidentified people with arms in the forests. He added that the operations would be extended to every nook and cranny of the state as well as Yankari and Balmore forests, which are dense.
Brigadier Dusu said: “Residents said that people carrying guns had been sighted in the forests or migrated to the state from Sambisa Forest as a result of operations there. For the past two days, operations by our officers and men have been going on.
“We are going to enter all the forests in the state and any other location within the state where there are reports of bandits , kidnappers and cattle rustlers. We have adequate troops and I will also tell you that we have air support to flush them out.”
He urged the residents of those areas to remain calm and report any suspicious movement to the authorities. In addition, he said that the Nigerian Army had the support of other security agencies in the state in the operation.
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