Presidency lists military’s achievements as Nigeria marks Armed Forces Remembrance Day
The Presidency has listed the achievements of the military in the on-going fight against insurgency and violent crimes as Nigeria marks the Armed Forces Remembrance Day on Jan. 15.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Jan. 15 every year is commemorated as Armed Forces Remembrance Day to mark the end of the country’s 30-month civil war which ended on Jan. 15, 1970.
Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr Femi Adesina, listed the achievements in a special write up tagged: “Security Checklist: as Nigeria marks Armed Forces Remembrance Day’’, which was made available to newsmen in Abuja on Thursday
According to Adesina, as the milestone is marked this year, it also provides opportunity to chronicle current landmark achievements by the military in tackling security challenges across the country.
Adesina listed the achievements
INTERNAL SECURITY:
Boko Haram is much weaker today than in 2015 as attested to by the Governor of Borno on Dec. 6, 2020 when he said:
- “From state-wide statistics on affairs in the 27 Local Government Areas since 2011, the fact is that in spite of recent happenings, the security situation in Borno State and indeed that of the entire North East sub-region is still far better under Buhari, and this is based on records.
- “For instance, unlike the years before Buhari when a number of local governments were no-go-areas, we now have indigenes safely back to Gwoza, Askira-Uba, Dikwa, Ngala, Monguno, Kukawa, Damboa, Konduga, Mafa and led by our traditional leaders, which no one could have visited not to talk of living there.
- “Our Emirs were all in exile. Today, Bama is coming back to life and so is Askira-Uba, Damboa, Gwoza and others. Life is even returning to Baga. This was impossible before Buhari.
- “In fact, it was not possible to move few kilometres out of Maiduguri. Insurgents were so bold to attack and take over military facilities, like the Army Barracks at Monguno, Bama, Giwa Barrack and Multinational Joint Task Force Headquarters at Baga, to mention just a few.
- “There were daily bomb blast in many parts of Maiduguri, the most populated part of the state, but all these have stopped under President Buhari. These are the records and no one can dispute them.’’
HIGHLIGHTS OF DEFENCE HEADQUARTERS-COORDINATED OPERATIONS – 18 MARCH TO 30 DECEMBER, 2020:
- The Armed Forces of Nigeria from March 18 to Dec. 30, 2020 neutralised 2,403 criminal elements (terrorists, bandits, kidnappers, cattle rustlers, etc.) across the country.
- This is in addition to scores of other terrorists and armed bandits killed during air strikes.
- Troops also rescued a total of 864 kidnapped victims across the country.
- In addition, a total of 9,684,797 litres of stolen diesel and 33,516,000 litres of kerosene were recovered.
- Equally, 1,910 criminal elements were arrested and large cache of arms, ammunition and equipment were recovered during the period.
