With
the recent takeover of Mubi by the dreaded Boko Haram sect, which has made
mockery of the purported ceasefire deal between the government and Boko Haram,
the federal government has ordered the Nigerian military to flush out the
terrorists and reclaim the land within a time frame.
In
response to the order, the military had since deployed more attack helicopter
gunships and surveillance aircraft, with the new General Officer Commanding 3
Division of the Nigerian Army, Major General FO Alli said to have moved to Yola
so as to be closer to the operation.
According
to intelligence reports received that the recent spate of attacks could have
been influenced by political motives to ensure that political activities do not
take place in the North East zone of the country.
The government was said to have also
made the move as the insurgents were believed to be pushing to take over Yola
after the bid to get to Maiduguri failed.
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