Connect with us
Advertisement

Nigeria News

NCEC Messages Buratai, Troops Over Darul Salam, Boko Haram In Kogi, Nasarawa

Published

on

Buratai
Advertisement

Nigeria Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai and the Nigerian Army’s 4 Special Forces Command has received a letter of commendation from the North Central Egalitarian Congress, NCEC.

NCEC applauded the troops and the COAS for successfully chasing out Darul Salam/Boko Haram terrorists in Kogi and Nasarawa States respectively.

Naija News understands that the commendation was contained in a statement released and signed by NCEC President, Etubi Odiba Enebi, on Tuesday, September 1. The group noted in the statement that the dislodgement of the terrorists would bring a drastic end to cattle rustling, banditry, kidnappings and other forms of criminalities in the states.

Advertisement

Naija News recalls that Darul Salam, an extremist sect that has been terrorizing the North-Central region and other states was recently declared a terrorist group by the Nigerian Army.

Darul Salam, with the deadly terrorist group, Boko Haram has over the months reportedly engaged in killings, kidnapping, abduction and cattle rustling along the Okene-Lokoja and Abaji-Toto road.

Consequently, the Nigeria Army 4 Special Forces Command in a joint operation with Whirl stroke embarked on an operation code-named ‘Operation Nut Cracker’ to flush Ugya forest, Panda forest, Uttu forest and contagious hills in Nasarawa State.

Advertisement

Reacting to the successful operation, the North Central Egalitarian Congress hailed the COAS for his ‘brave, visionary and purposeful leadership’ as well as the troops for displaying “acts of resilience and heroism”.

The group, however, urged the troops never to relax in fighting terrorists in the region until it cleared all remnants of the Darul Salam/Boko Haram terrorists.

NCEC statement reads; “The North Central Egalitarian Congress is in receipt of the exploits of troops of the Nigerian Army 4 Special Forces Command in the displacement of the Darul Salam/Boko Haram terrorists from their camps in Kogi and Nasarawa States recently,”

Advertisement
Advertisement

“This feat is particularly noteworthy given the fact that the group has been responsible for all kinds of criminal activities in the North Central region in the past five years and also acting as sleeper cells to escalate banditry, cattle rustling and other forms of criminality in the region.”

“The North Central Egalitarian Congress wishes to state that troops from the Nigerian Army 4 Special Forces Command have indeed displayed acts of resilience and heroism in its clearance operations to rid the North Central region of the activities of the Darul Salam/Boko Haram.

“It is our considered opinion that with the dislodgement of the notorious group, cattle rustling, banditry, kidnappings and other forms of criminalities would be reduced drastically as multiple pieces of evidence indicate that the Darul Salam group has been responsible for these acts of criminalities in the North Central region.

“We are glad about the successful operation of the Nigerian Army. It, therefore, affirms our earlier position of the leadership strides of the Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai which has resulted in a professional and proactive Nigerian Army dedicated to preserving the territorial integrity of Nigeria, as well as responding adequately to other internal security operations such as this.

It added, “The North Central Egalitarian Congress also acknowledges the fact that over 700 family members and abductees were rescued from Darul Salam captivity by the Nigerian Army and currently undergoing medical examinations towards reuniting with their loved ones once again after several months in captivity.

“The North Central Egalitarian Congress wishes to use this medium to assure the Chief of Army Staff of its continued support in its clearance operations towards ridding the North Central region of all traces of the Darul Salam terrorist group. We are glad that the commitment of the Nigerian Army towards the preservation of peace in the North Central region is indeed yielding the desired results in numerous ways. We consequently call on all other stakeholders in the North Central region to extend their support to the Nigerian Army towards ridding North Central Nigeria of acts of terrorism and other criminal activities”.

Meanwhile, another black man has reportedly been killed by the United States police, Naija News reports.