The
deadline given to the Theatre Commander, Operation Lafiya Dole, Major General
Ibrahim Attahiru, to capture Abubakar Shekau, leader of the Boko Haram
terrorist group,dead or alive has been extended.The extension which was
approved by the Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai, after a request
for extension by the Theatre Commander, at the expiration of the 40-day
deadline. The approval however didn’t specify the period of extension.
The
Director, Army Public Relations, Brig.-Gen. Sani Usman, said in a statement on
Friday that the commander requested for an extension of the order to capture
Shekau, which was granted by Buratai.
He
said, “The Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. T.Y. Buratai, has commended the
Theatre Commander, Operation Lafiya Dole, Maj. Gen. Ibrahim Attahiru, his
sector commanders and all troops of Operation Lafiya Dole for pursuing the COAS
directive of capturing the purported Boko Haram terrorists’ leader, Abubakar
Shekau, dead or alive, within 40 days beginning on July 21, 2017, which elapsed
on August 30, 2017.
“Although
the leader has not been captured, the COAS noted with satisfaction the zeal and
determination with which the directive was pursued. He congratulated the commander
for eliminating five key leaders of
the terrorist group that were the closest associates and right-hand men of the
terrorist group leader.
Usman therefore urged
citizens to go about their business and have confidence in the capacity of the
troops to protect them, stating that with the killing of the 82 terrorists and
the top five Boko Haram commanders, Shekau was no longer of any consequence.
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