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| Chief of Army Staff, Yusuf Buratai |
The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) has revealed the the lastest antic of the proscribed Fundamentalist sect, Boko Haram.
Colonel Rabi Abubakar, the Director of Defence Information, on
Wednesday, November 25, said that the insurgent group is now desperate
to the point that it hides Improvised Explosive Device (IED) in
attractive objects, Leadership reports.
Abubakar said this in his office in Abuja, while warning people against falling prey of the terrorists’ tactics.
He also warned the media to desist from publishing stories based on
mere speculation without getting clarification from the military. He
said that five of the 100 most wanted Boko Haram terrorists, have been
nabbed.
He also implored members of the public to be security conscious and
to resist the temptation of picking any strange things found around
them.
He said: “All these things we are doing is to make sure that
the populace remain safe from the hands of this Boko Haram terrorists
who are now devising different means of fighting through this issue of
IED and even some cluster bombs which they conceal in attractive objects
and drop it in the streets for people to pick."
“We are using this platform to enlighten the citizens to make
sure that our citizens do not fall victim on what could be avoided,” he added.
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