More fighter jets were deployed in Maiduguri, the
troubled Borno State capital, yesterday as troops battled fleeing Boko Haram
insurgents.
As at press time last night, many
insurgents had been killed in air raids but the casualty figure was unknown.
The Defence Headquarters said ground
troops were counting the dead.
The Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal
Alex Sabundu Badeh, relocated yesterday to Maiduguri to co-ordinate the assault
against the insurgents, who stormed the city on Monday to attack the Air Force
Base and the airport.
Besides, a team raised by the Chief
of Defence Staff, Admiral Ibrahim Ola Sa’ad, went on a stock-taking mission to
Maiduguri.
The team, which was led by the
Director of Operations at the Defence Headquarters, Air Vice Marshal Psakr,
also included the Director of Defence Information, Brig.-Gen. Chris Olukolade.
A preliminary report obtained by the
assessment team revealed that the Air Force Base and the Maiduguri
International Airport were attacked by Boko Haram because air assaults against
the insurgents were co-ordinated there.
The report has been submitted to the
CDS by the assessment team for critical analysis by the military high command.
According to a top source, who
pleaded not to be named because he is not permitted to talk to the media,
“there has been heavy encounters in the last 24 hours with the insurgents”.
The 24-hour curfew imposed on
Maiduguri by the Borno State government in the wake of the attack was reduced
yesterday to 12 hours.
The source said: “We have been
engaging in heavy encounters with the fleeing insurgents. More fighter jets
were deployed in Maiduguri from various formations.
“To underscore the importance of
this exercise, the Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Alex Sabundu Badeh, shifted
base to Maiduguri to co-ordinate air assaults on the insurgents.
“There have been serious air raids
on all the bases and enclaves or clusters of the Boko Haram insurgents.”
The source spoke on the casualty. He
said: “As at Monday night and in the early hours of Tuesday, many of the
insurgents sighted have been neutralised. The ground troops are taking stock of
the death toll. In the next one or two days, we will be able to give you
accurate figures.”
The team sent to Maiduguri was
mandated to find out what led to the attack; how it was repelled and the
situation in Maiduguri.
Another source said: “The insurgents
opted to attack the base and destroy any military aircraft on ground.
Unfortunately for them, they could only ground two helicopters. The three other
aircraft attacked were already due for museum because they had become
de-commissioned.
“The team realised that Boko Haram
insurgents were touched by the losses they had incurred from air assaults in
the past few months.
“The insurgents were certainly on
revenge mission; they wanted to incapacitate the air base because they had
suffered huge losses.”
Gen. Olukolade said the authorities
were reviewing the situation.
“The operation in Maiduguri and Yobe
axis has continued, we will keep you posted appropriately,” he said, confirming
that the CDS sent a team to Maiduguri.
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