Afrigather The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) stated the assault on the convoy of Yobe State governor, Mai Buni, on Saturday, was carried out by terrorists to get media consideration.
PlatinumPost experiences that the governor was not current within the convoy throughout the ambush alongside the Maiduguri-Damaturu street.
Briefing newsmen on Thursday in Abuja on the assorted navy operations throughout the nation inside the final one week, Defence spokesman, Maj. Gen. Edward Buba, stated the Nigerian navy has continued to file success tales in its onslaughts in opposition to terrorists and different legal components.
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Based on him, the assault on Buni’s convoy was to trigger mere distraction, saying that the power of the terrorists to hold out main assaults have been degraded, prompting them to resort to tender targets.
“The convoy whereas on the best way again to Damaturu was attacked near Benishiek. The governor was not within the convoy…..
” The terrorists are being hunted and it’s clear that they did that only for sensational headlines. We are going to get them and we are going to know what to do with them. ”
The defence spokesman additionally dismissed issues in some quarters over the seeming enhance within the assaults by terrorists within the North-East.
” There isn’t a resurgence of insurgency, the terrorists are concentrating on tender targets,” he stated.
