The Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai on Monday,
said that the army was restrategising to track and eliminate the
remaining Boko Haram elements from the battle field.
Buratai said this while speaking with journalists at the
media workshop, organised by the Nigerian Army School of Public
Relations and Information (NASPRI) at 81 Division Officers’ Mess, Lagos.
Buratai, who was represented by the Chief of Civil-Military
Affairs, Maj.-Gen. Peter Boje, assured that the elements would finally
be eliminated finally from the battlefield in no time.
Buratai, who was also the special guest of honour and speaker, delivered a lecture entitled, ‘’The Utilisation of New Generation Warfare Tactics: Gains and Successes in the North-East Operations’’.
“We are degrading their activities. Most of the areas that
were initially occupied by the insurgents have been captured and a lot
of them have dispersed.
“But again, there are elements of this Boko Haram that are
scattered all over the North- East and if you know their
characteristics, you will know they operate in small cells.
“So they come out and carry out small attacks and disappear.
So, we are making efforts to restrategise, track and finally eliminate
them from the battlefield,“ he said.
He expressed delight that the military and the media had
excellent working relationship, adding that the military at all times
would continue to collaborate and exchange information with the media,
as required.
“We have been very open with the media. ‘’We do not make any
negative statement about the Nigerian media and the media are doing
very well to the best of my knowledge.’’
Buratai, whose lecture talked about the concept of new
generation warfare, challenges and way forward, identified information,
psychological and cyber operation as some of the new generation warfare
tactics.
He said that the way forward was for every Nigerian to
cooperate with the military in providing it with timely information on
suspicious activities of individuals or groups in his or her community
or locality.
Mr Femi Adeshina, Special Assistant to the President on
Media and Publicity, urged the military to ensure constant training and
retraining of journalists aimed at ensuring better reportage of the
military.
Adeshina, whose lecture was entitled,’’ The Challenges and
Expectations of the Media in Military Operations, called on the military
to facilitate scoops for the media.
“The Nigerian Media must work in proactivity,“ he said.
While speaking with journalists, Adeshina also reiterated
that the Federal Government’ commitment in tackling the insurgency, by
going after the sponsors of Boko Haram.
“This government is tackling the issue of insurgency and if
it knows the sponsors and it is double sure they are the sponsors, those
sponsors will be treated like Boko Haram.“
On the released Chibok girls, Adeshina said the girls were being rehabilitated physically and psychologically.
Earlier, Col. Sanni Usman, Acting Director, Army Public
Relations, in his address of welcome said the workshop was a platform
where the military and journalists would rub minds and exchange ideas.
“We have some commanding officers of units located in the North-East and other parts of the country as participants.
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