The Minister of Defence retired Major General Bashir Magashi, has commended the gallant performance of the Nigerian Military in the onslaught against criminal elements in the six geo-political zones of the country.
General Magashi gave the commendation at the Joint World Press Conference in Abuja where his counterparts in the Ministries of Police Affairs, Interior and Information and Culture also rendered accounts of their Stewardships in tacklingseries of insecurity in the country.
According to him, in the period under review sixty-six terrorists were neutralised, alongside the ISWAP commander and twenty others while fifty- five were arrested and fifty-two Civilians regained their freedom from captivity adding that the troops of Operation Hadarin Daji in Sokoto, Kebbi, Katsina and Zamfara in the North-West zone have also given a good account of themselves by clearing the doubts of the bandits and kidnappers.
The Minister also assured President Muhammadu Buhari and Nigerians of the total commitment of the Military to the defence of the nation’s territorial integrityalongside other security forces and outlined similar operational successes recorded in the North Central, South East, South-South and South-West.
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