Army Speaks On Releasing Top Boko Haram Bomb Makers

Army has spoken on releasing Boko Haram bomb experts.

Onyxnewsng reports that the Nigerian Army has dismissed media reports that it is ready to release two rehabilitated senior Boko Haram bomb makers into the society.

This online news platform understands that the Director, Army Public Relations, Brigadier General Onyema Nwachukwu, made this known in a statement on Tuesday.

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Nwachukwu said the authors deliberately misrepresented the facts in the publications.

Nwachukwu said the Army had deemed it necessary to put issues in their right perspectives inasmuch as it would not want to be distracted from its main focus of dealing decisively with the threats against peace-loving Nigerians.

He said, it is a known fact that in the recent past, more than 1,000 members of Boko Haram and their families have surrendered to the troops due to the intense pressure from their (troops) sustained offensive actions.

“Among those were key leaders of the terrorists group who have renounced their membership and have turned themselves in,” he said.

Nwachukwu said the Army, being a professional military organisation, would continue to act in accordance with the dictates of Nigeria’s constitution as well as international best practices.

He added that the institution would never encourage any act of lawlessness or extra judicial killings.

According to him, all the surrendered terrorists will be received, processed and passed on to relevant agencies of government for further assessment, in line with extant provisions.

The Army spokesman explained that the ongoing Operation Safe Corridor was established by the federal government, and not the Nigerian army, adding that it was absolutely wrong to say that army would free repentant terrorists.

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“The Nigerian army, therefore, appeals to the public to disregard the deliberate distortion of facts by these online media and continue to support the it to rid the country of terrorism and other forms of insecurity.

“The Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Faruk Yahaya, has reiterated his admonition to all terrorists groups operating in the country to abandon their illegitimate cause and surrender to the troops,” Brig Gen Nwachukwu said.