Military chiefs met in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital, yesterday to lay plans in its battle with insurgency in Sambisa Forest which is reported to be the last stronghold of the Boko Haram sect.
The meeting was presided over by Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) Gen Gabriel Abayomi Olanisakin. It was attended by Chief of Army Staff Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai and Chief of Air Staff Air Marshal Sadiq Baba Abubakar.
CDS Gen. Olanisakin spoke to reporters telling them that the meeting was convened in an effort to go over the ongoing military operation at the Sambisa forest and environs with the aim of destroying the last of the Boko Haram insurgents and flushing them from the country.
“ I am here with the Service Chiefs actually to reappraise the operation that is ongoing in Sambisa.
“ We have an operation now that started a couple of days ago and we have come to appraise the level of that operation.
“ The military onslaught tagged ‘Operation Crackdown’ is to clear the remnants of Boko Haram terrorists out of Sambisa and Nigeria’s borders.
“ The operation has been on course for five days. The little issues that are being encountered by troops at the operation are being addressed to achieve the operational plan.
” I want Nigerians to know that we are determined to clear Boko Haram from our land,” Olanisakin said.