The Nigerian Army on Sunday said it would soon begin to expose those behind the sponsorship of the Boko Haram sect in the country as it now has knowledge of such.
The Army has been in a fierce battle to end insurgency in the country since the order relocating the command headquarters to Maiduguri, Borno State, by President Muhammadu Buhari.
The Commander, Operation ‘Lafiya Dole’, Major-General Yushau Abubakar, who said this in Maiduguri in reaction to recent spate of suicide bombings by insurgents in some parts of the country, maintained that the Army would stop insurgency by December.
“I want to assure all that for every second that passes, we get more committed to fighting the insurgents; we cannot be deterred.
“We are doing as much as we could to ensure that we completely eradicate the insurgents as quickly as possible because we are aware of the timeline within which to complete the task,” he said while noting that the military has already got clues about those involved in the recent suicide bombings in Maiduguri.
He said the Army has searched their houses and that certain items that were recovered at the vicinity gave its officers some clues.
“Investigation on those that we suspect that are either participating or hiding, fuelling or conniving with those that carried out those acts, is ongoing,” Abubakar said.
“They will be exposed in due course. The citizens need to know that security is their personal responsibility as individuals.
“They must be able to secure themselves and doing so means they need to be security conscious. Any suspicious movement within the environment should be reported to security agents immediately.”
