The Defence Headquarters has confirmed that troops who returned
from Cameroun were Tuesday addressed by the General Officer Commanding 3
Division, Maj.-Gen. Zaruwa as they embarked on another mission in the
counter-terrorism campaign. It said: All the soldiers are in high spirit with
all their weapons and equipment intact. Meanwhile, the International Emergency Management Society (TIEMS),
Nigeria/West Africa Chapter, has asked the Federal Government to direct its
military to go all out in the fight against Boko Haram and other insurgent
groups and restore peace and tranquillity to the country immediately. Chairman
of the chapter, Air Vice Marshall Muhammad Audu-Bida (rtd), who said this in
Abuja yesterday while disclosing the outcome of a meeting of the executive
board of the society held on Monday, said the board members considered the
worsening humanitarian situation in the North-East of Nigeria as well as
adjoining states and neighbouring countries and concluded that it was time that
all be set aside to wrest the area from rampaging insurgents and restore peace.
According to him, figures from local and international agencies such as
National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), Human Rights Watch, United Nations
High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) and Internally-Displaced Monitoring Centre
(IDMC) reveal mounting intolerable number of Nigerians are both displaced or
are refugees in neighbouring countries.
Guardian Newspaper
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