The Nigerian Military High Command says it was yet to verify reports of alleged kidnap of scores of villagers in Borno State earlier this week but says its officers were investigating as well as patrolling the area in search of terrorists.
According to a statement on the Defence Headquarters blog, “troops are patrolling the general area of Gumsuri in search of terrorists who were said to have attacked the community last weekend. Although it has been confirmed that some people were killed by the terrorists during the attack, the reported abductions as claimed by unidentified sources being quoted in some foreign media is yet to be verified from any credible sources in the community.
“Some of the villagers who fled during the attack have started returning to the village. Normal life has also returned to the area. The surveillance and patrol of the area by air and land forces has been stepped up to secure the general area.
“Troops have been ordered to sustain an aggressive patrol over the area and the surrounding communities in order to ensure that terrorists do not have any freedom of action in the area while the counter-terrorism campaign continues.”
There have been conflicting media reports mainly from foreign sources alleging that a conflicting number of citizens were kidnapped by terrorists earlier this week.
While some claimed that it happened on Sunday, others said the raid was conducted on Wednesday.
Again, while some sources put the figure at 100, some others said it was as high as 200.
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Please, General Olukolade, I’m right now definitely on my knees in begging you sir; to always say the ‘clear and open truths’ becuase in our modern world of computer age, you should be fully well aware that no piece of information platform can be surpressed or hidden under any form of guise in the current 21st century IT supper-high way world. Any type of news Information about any events, as well as no matter how difficult it may be to obtain any form of piece of news information item(s), there are other countries or other sources to come by them, for example, like the French speaking countries TV channels or USA sides, they can report any such hidden events. So, General Olukolade do try to be always factual and accurate in all of your reporting. Past history has proven so much of your inaccurate reporting news; as for example, the killings of Abubakar Shekeu which did turn out to be inaccurate at a later date. So too, about news of our soldiers running away from duty post in the face of Boko Haram advances, that was not reported by your office but from other sources. Another thing again here, is about those our soldiers that were recently condemed to death for desertion or ascormment from duty and fighting BK. Please, do ask our higher level army chiefs to consider to tempers justice with mercy on those 12 and 54 soldiers. In fact, honestly, it appears to me that these condemed soldiers has now paid a supreme price for alerting Nigerians that there are no adequate weapons to fight boko haram deadly group, and also did exposes a deeper high level corruptions over the years in the entire Nigeria defence’s highest budgets as far back as during Alhaji Shagari’s administration 1979 -1983 time and up to date under President Jonathan Obele Goodluck,(Bad Luck) and “Dr Do nothing Nigeria president.”