Olufemi Oloyede, chief of defence staff (CDS), and Waidu Shaibu, the chief of army staff (CoAS) have arrived in Maiduguri following the multiple explosion that rocked the city on Monday night.
Their arrival comes nearly 24 hours after President Bola
Tinubu directed security chiefs to relocate to the Borno state capital after
the suspected suicide bombing killed 23 persons and injured 108 others,
according to the police.
The military chiefs arrived the city on Wednesday in a white
and red-painted jet at the Maiduguri Air Force base.
They were received by the theatre commander of Operation Hadin Kai, the GOC, and other top military officials.
In a statement issued on Tuesday by Bayo Onanuga, special
adviser to the president on information and strategy, Tinubu mourned those who
lost their lives, sympathised with the injured, and expressed solidarity with
residents of the state.
“I want to make it categorically clear that these acts of
terror are the final desperate and frantic attempts by criminals and terrorist
elements trying to instill and spread fear, as they are under constant pressure
from our brave armed forces and security agencies operating in various
theatres,” the statement reads.
“We will continue to intensify our efforts against all
criminal elements, wherever they may be.”
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