As a way of taking the war to Boko Haram militants, the nation’s service chiefs say they will use the next few days to work out modalities for the relocation of Command Centre to Maiduguri, Borno State, in line with the directive given by President Muhammadu Buhari in his inaugural speech on Friday.
Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Usman Jibrin, disclosed this to newsmen on Tuesday after the first meeting the service chiefs had with President Buhari at the Defence House in Abuja.
He told the reporters who were inquisitive about details of the meeting held behind closed doors that “On the relocation of the command centre, we are the ones to go back and work on it. Soon, it will be carried out, it is a Presidential directive, it must be carried out, and we must do that as quickly as possible”.
Usman, who noted that they used the opportunity of the meeting to give Buhari security briefing of the country, revealed that they succeeded in providing the President with insights into the security situation of the country.
He disclosed that the service chiefs resolved to maintain the tempo of the successes so far recorded until the insurgents were completely subdued, and appealed to all Nigerians to continue supporting the military and provide security operatives with much-needed intelligence.
He stressed that this information should include suspicious movements around them.
“You know as we continue to put pressure on them in the Sambisa area, they will try to run away from there and then create further problems, using improvised explosives devices,” he said.
When reminded that the terrorists were becoming more daring, he said, “Like I told you, we are sustaining the tempo and the successes we have recorded so far, we want to continue to maintain that and if there is any suggested solutions that require amendments or alteration of what we’re doing, why not?
“Most especially, the more they give us the intelligence, the better,” he added.
The meeting was also attended by the Chief of Defence Staff, Air Chief Marshal Alex Badeh; Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Kenneth Minimah; Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Adesola Amosu; and the Inspector-General of Police, IGP Solomon Arase.
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