Borno, Yobe Attacks: Military Says No Cause For Alarm

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  The Nigerian military high command has told Nigerians not to panic over the recent terror attacks and killings in Borno and Yobe states, saying they are not indicative of a relapse in the counter-insurgency operation aimed at curbing terrorists’ activities in the country.
  
  Rather, the military authorities said the trend of sneaking in to carry out isolated attacks on soft targets is a way of seeking attention and a typical end-game strategy often employed by terrorists all over the world.
  
  This explanation was contained in a press release by the Defence Headquarters and signed by the director of defence information, Brigadier-General Chris Olukolade yesterday.
  
  He said the recent attacks, which were undertaken by relocating terrorists, is unfortunate and condemnable.
  
  “In this instance, the recent activities are signs of desperation of a decimated insurgent group attempting to hang on to public consciousness. With the destruction of their operational bases and camps by the Special Forces, the group’s centre of gravity has been effectively dislocated making it impossible for them to have freedom of action to operate as they did previously,” Olukolade said.
  
  He  revealed that eight of the perpetrators of the weekend attacks had  been arrested at the outskirts of Maiduguri, adding that despite the incident, the Special Forces had stepped up the mop-up, cordon and search operations to ensure that the vestiges of terrorism are effectively further decimated in those states