•Military plots major offensive against insurgents, bandits •Kaduna appeals for more troop deployments to flush out criminals Deji Elumoye, Kingsley Nwezeh in Abuja and John Shiklam in Kaduna The V…
•Kaduna appeals for more troop deployments to flush out criminalsThe Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, yesterday, said whatever situation that the country was going through was nothing alien to history as many great nations across the world, had and are still encountering the kinds of security and economic challenges that Nigeria currently faces.
This, he claimed was especially so in countries, “where you have a multi-racial, multi-religious setup, and the greatest nations in the world are multi-racial, multi-religious, and multi-ethnic. “I think that it is such an important issue that we cannot afford to discount it. There is a need for us to pay more time and attention to these issues in whatever way we can, because every once in a while, we see some threats to the unity of our country, and we must not allow it to happen at all, we must continue not just in the advocacy, but in action that will bring about unity and religious tolerance”.
Maidabinno informed Osinbajo of plans by the group to convene a national forum on unity as part of its contributions to entrenching peaceful coexistence and unity among Nigerians. Another source, who spoke anonymously, said the surrender by the insurgents was the result of the joint operations launched by the military against terrorists.
When contacted on the planned offensive, Spokesman of the Nigerian Air Force, Air Commodore Edward Gabkwet, said, “We have no specific date for the deployment”, but THISDAY sources insisted the deployment would be soon. Balarabe, while noting that the ongoing military operations in parts of the metropolis hadyielded positive results, also appealed to the Army Chief to firm up the attacks across the state to wipe out bandits.
She added that increased military presence was also required in Igabi, Chikun, Giwa and Kajuru Local Government Area of the state.
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