Operation Crackdown Launched in Sambisa Forest

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Operation Crackdown Launched in Sambisa Forest

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 The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Gen Abayomi Olonisakin, has declared that the Nigerian armed forces have in a final onslaught against the Boko Haram, deployed ground and aerial personnel deep inside Sambisa forest to clear the remnants of the terrorists’ enclave and rescue all hostages, including the Chibok girls who were abducted from their school two years ago. Answering questions from journalists at the Military Command and Control Centre (MCCC), Maiduguri, Borno State, the CDS explained that the special operation, which started five days ago, is code-named ”˜Operation Crackdown’. According to him, “The visit of the service chiefs and other principal officers of the Nigerian Armed Forces, was to appraise the success of the onslaught and address the emergent challenges. “We are here to reappraise the operation that is ongoing. It started some days ago and we are here to appraise the level of performance of the ongoing operation. “This is to actually see how we can address the issues we face in the operation. “The operation was to clear out Sambisa forest, the enclave of the terrorists. The challenges being encountered by troops would be addressed so that the momentum of the operation could be sustained. “The major challenges being encountered by the troops in the area were landmines and the Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) deployed by Boko Haram. “The problems were being sorted out with a combination of creative techniques and landmine resistant equipment. “We have the challenge of mines of course, and it’s an issue we have been grappling with since this operation began. We have Counter-IEDs equipment we have deployed and other ingenious solutions that we put in place to ensure that the operation goes as planned. “The major aim was to completely wipe out the Boko Haram enclave. The operation is five-pronged, one of which is to rescue the Chibok girls and all the Boko Haram abductees. “The military is determined to complete the operation of liberating not only the infamous forest and free the girls but to also ensure that every inch of Nigeria’s territory was freed from the terrorists. “I want Nigerians to know that we are determined to wipe out terrorists from our land and from the Sambisa axis; we are going to make sure that we clear them as soon as possible. The rescue operation is also part of this ”˜Operation Crackdown’ and we will like to tell you that there are five simultaneous operations within these latest onslaughts. “So rescue is also part of the operations and anyone that has been abducted will be freed and of course including the Chibok girls. This operation, like I said, is to clear the Sambisa forest, and we will take them one after the other but this is one of a kind that if we clear the terrorists from that area, we get our territories back.”

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