The Chief of Defence Staff, Air Marshal Alex Badeh, has said the security leadership in the country has located where members of Boko Haram are holding the abducted girls of Government Girls Secondary School, Chibok, who were kidnapped on April 14.
Badeh also said the military would not use force to release the girls because of the need to prevent the insurgents from killing them.
The number one military personality in the country spoke while receiving a solidarity rally organised by the Citizens Initiative for Security Awareness, led by its National Coordinator, Mr. Chidi Omeze, outside the Defence Headquarters, Abuja on Monday.
Badeh said the military had the capacity to bring back the abducted girls but would not use force for the crucial assignment.
He stressed that the military knew what it was doing and should be allowed to continue with its work.
The CDS said the military would not go and get the girls killed in the guise of bringing them back.
He stated, "We want our girls back,; we want our girls back; we can do it, our military can do it but where they are held, can we go with force?
"If we go with force, what will happen? (they will kill them). So nobody should come and say the Nigerian military does not know what it is doing. We know what we are doing, we can't go and kill our girls in the name of trying to get them back. So we are working.
"The good news for the girls is that we know where they are but we cannot tell you, we cannot come and tell you military secrets here. Just leave us alone, we are working, we would get the girls back."
However, the CDS was silent on the meaning of his declaration that the military would not use force to release the abducted girls when prodded by journalists. Click to signup for FREE news updates, latest information and hottest gists everyday
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Military operation of this manner should be covert journalists and protesters must leave the military to do their work
ReplyDeleteIts gud 2 know dat d girls can be located but expect d military to stand their grounds n not allow pressure from outside to make dem say they know where d girls are, wat is important is dat they find a way 2 get dem back alive n in one piece.
ReplyDeleteIf d boko boys knows dat dey have been located dey will b ready for dem n can do otherwise, how can u tell armed rubbers dat u know where dey r n dey will wait 4 to just pick dem up like dat?
A beg our military shud know better dan a bloody civilian like me d kind of info dey give 2 d public at a particular point in time.
Hmmmmmm........dia is God ooooooooo!
This man must be a “fool“ bcos it seems he don‘t know what he is saying at all
ReplyDeleteThis man must be a “fool“ bcos it seems he don‘t know what he is saying at all
ReplyDeleteJust like asari said everything is scam both military and northern leather knows the where about of those girls.the chief of defence staff know what he is saying.those girl re somewhere in the country.this is just an expensive drammar.all there plan to bring this country down will never work for them.mr president,they said ur weak that u re not action as a person but I can see wisdom in you
ReplyDeleteYou are the fool. reasonable people commmented before you. Learn from them. Military operations cannot be understood by fools.
ReplyDeleteNigeria Government ...very funny...so any information must be leak generally to the world...nonesence..imagine "we know were d chibok girls are"....must u anounce it !!!
ReplyDeleteHaha,criticising anybody,what kind of nigerian is this
ReplyDelete"We know where the Chibok Girls are kept". I don't understand this but even if the intention is to confuse the abductors, the military has misfired! I don't think pressure from the public should make the military say what they are saying!
ReplyDeleteIf they know, why deploying drones all over the place to search for them?
ReplyDeleteSome civilian are fool they will just open they are mouth and talk nonsense , if they give them military uniform can they do the work? Useless people .
ReplyDeleteSome civilian are fool they will just open their mouth and talk nonsense , if they give them military uniform can they do the work? Useless people .
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