Tukur Buratai (middle) and others, during the display of list of 100 wanted Boko Haram suspected members by the Nigerian Army at the Maimalari Cantonment Youth Centre, Maiduguri, Borno State… yesterday.
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The group was delighted that move has started to yield results with the recovery of many stolen cattle and the arrest of suspected cattle rustlers.
“We shall continue to decisively deal with Boko Haram terrorists until they are defeated”, it read, asking that residents cooperate with the military and security agencies.
He enjoined Nigerians with useful information to use the following telephone numbers to reach the military – 0818155888, 08160030300 and 07053333123.
President Muhammadu Buhari has given an exclusive interview to New Delhi Television Limited (NDTV) on Boko Haram insurgency in Nigeria.
The Banner also had hotline numbers of the army seeking members of the public to call in if any of the wanted terrorists were identified anywhere in Nigeria.
Nigerian troops have rescued 338 people from Boko Haram around the group’s Sambisa forest stronghold, the army announced on Wednesday.
Buratai presented the poster shortly after delivering a paper titled, “Contemporary Warfare, War Reporting and Dilemma of Military Leadership”.
The army troops “rescued 338 persons that were held captive by the terrorists” in the Tuesday operation, according to the statement.
Appeals for public co-operation are written in English as well as Hausa and Kanuri, the two main languages in Nigeria’s north-eastern areas where Boko Haram is most active.
Soldiers also recovered a huge cache of arms and ammunition including General goal Machine Gun and 2 Dane Guns, 150 rounds of 7.62mm (NATO) and 6 boxes of 7.62mm (NATO) during the raid, according to Pulse Nigeria.
Also on Tuesday, Nigerian troops, acting on a tip, ambushed and killed four suspected Boko Haram terrorists allegedly on a suicide bombing mission to Adamawa state. “Maybe because the media are not doing what they should do”, Eto’o said.
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The 34-year-old made reference to the reactions the terror attack on the Charlie Hebdo magazine offices in Paris in January and urged the world to react like that to Boko Haram attacks.
