The offensive paves the way for President Bola Tinubu, elected in last Saturday’s general election, to be led by the Congress of all progressives in government in the person of outgoing President Muhammadu Buhari, who did not seek re-election and will step down next May.
A Defense Ministry statement added that the military had seized heavy weapons and ammunition, assault rifles, assault vehicles, motorcycles, medicines and camouflage uniforms from operations in northeastern Borno state, an Islamist stronghold.
The military push has included raids on the bases of the armed gangs who have been ravaging areas in the north, north-west and south-east for months and causing further headaches for the federal government with its attacks and looting of villages and kidnapping officials for ransom from metal.
Another internal conflict, the actions of a separatist militia in the southeast, drew attention, according to the report distributed to the press and signed by Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu.
The notice, which called the results significant, stated that the actions took place in several operating theaters: Gwoza, Bama, Gubio, Biu, Dikwa, Monguno and Konduga in Borno State.
The party stressed that the operations were carried out by the Joint Task Force (JTF), which includes troops from the armies of Cameroon, Chad and Niger, countries where the Islamists are expanding their attacks and attacks.
It is likely that the JTF’s actions will continue to give the new president greater freedom of movement to deal with other internal issues, including the country’s most pressing economic situation, the most populous in Africa and the continent’s top oil producer.
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