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Dapchi Girls: Service Chiefs Hold Meeting In Maiduguri

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The military Command and Control Centre at the MaiMalari Cantonment in Maiduguri on Thursday, hosted the Chief of Defence Staff, Gabriel Olonisakin, alongside other service chiefs, in a meeting with troops’ commanders to review counter-insurgency operations in the North East.

Naija News understands the three-hour meeting also discussed on-going efforts targeted at rescuing the kidnapped Dapchi schoolgirls.

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Briefing journalists after the meeting, Defence Spokesperson, Brigadier-General John Agim, disclosed the Army would no longer publicly disclose plans for combating the terrorists, but would rather communicate successes recorded.

Mr. Agim also appealed to the public to provide timely information that would be useful to the military in its operations.

“The Chief of Defence Staff and other service chiefs came into the Theatre Command to review the main operations, particularly the Operation to get back the Dapchi schoolgirls.”

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“The CDS is soliciting for the cooperation of the media and all stakeholders in this ongoing operations.

“To this end, he is asking for maturity in handling the media so that we don’t speculate. For instance there are some ongoing speculation that the military has employed the services of some fishermen and farmers.

“This speculation in the view of the Chief of Defence Staff, can jeopardise the operation and also endanger the lives of the girls as well as all those who are involved in the operations.

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“While the military is soliciting for useful information from the well-meaning general public, the military has not singled out fishermen and farmers for this assailants; rather the military is asking for anybody that has useful information.

“What we will be doing henceforth is to limit the way we publicise the strategy used in the operations. Rather, we will communicate the successes of the operations,” he stated.