{"id":7547,"date":"2013-08-02T01:40:21","date_gmt":"2013-08-02T01:40:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/disnaija.com\/nigerian-newspapers\/task-force-foils-plan-by-terrorists-to-regroup\/"},"modified":"2013-08-02T01:40:21","modified_gmt":"2013-08-02T01:40:21","slug":"task-force-foils-plan-by-terrorists-to-regroup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/disnaija.com\/task-force-foils-plan-by-terrorists-to-regroup\/","title":{"rendered":"Task force foils plan by terrorists to regroup"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\u2022 JTF warns of plot to attack Maiduguri, others<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2022 Dialogue panel assures of Boko Haram ceasefire <\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2022 CAN condemns Kano killings <\/strong><\/p>\n

IN a collaborative effort, the Defence Headquarters Thursday in Abuja said that the Multi-National Joint Task Force (MNJTF) of Nigeria, Niger and Chad had foiled plans by some terrorists to regroup. <\/p>\n

  In the same vein, the military Joint Task Force (JTF) in Borno State Thursday alerted residents of an impending plans by terrorists to massively launch \u201cattacks and bombings\u201d in Maiduguri metropolis  and other neighbouring communities  any moment from now till the end of Ramadan in the state.<\/p>\n

   Meanwhile, the Presidential Committee on Dialogue and Peaceful Resolution of Security in the North has assured that ceasefire pact with the Boko Haram sect would be announced soon.<\/p>\n

  In a related development, the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has condemned the explosions in Kano metropolis which killed and injured many people.<\/p>\n

  According to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), the crackdown was disclosed in a statement by  Brig.-Gen. Chris Olukolade, Director of Defence  Information.<\/p>\n

  The MNJTF,  a joint operation of three African nations namely: Nigeria, Niger and Chad, was established in 2011 to ensure security and inter nations\u2019 cooperation.<\/p>\n

  The statement said the plan by some terrorists, who relocated to Niger Republic to remobilise and re-arm insurgents with the aim of carrying out fresh attacks on some Nigerian communities had been foiled.<\/p>\n

  It said that the leader of the group who had fled Nigeria when the terrorists\u2019 camps were destroyed, was reportedly recruiting fresh hands and training them for renewed terrorist activities in Nigeria.<\/p>\n

The statement said, \u201cThe intention of the group is to focus its attacks on some towns around the Nigeria-Niger Republic border.<\/p>\n

 \u201cIntelligence operatives of the Multi-National Joint Task Force (MNJTF) had been on the trail of the leader until he was eventually arrested in Karanga, Niger Republic last Saturday with the cooperation of Nigerien forces.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n

   The statement added that his other accomplices were later picked up in other villages in Nigeria, adding that they were currently being interrogated.<\/p>\n

  In a statement, the JTF \u2019s spokesman, Lt.-Col Sagir Musa Thursday in Maiduguri  also reminded residents to be \u201cvery cautious\u201d and report any suspicious movement, actions and abandoned objects in public places; particularly those in polythene bags and other sacks to the nearest security checkpoints for immediate action.<\/p>\n

   It reads in part: \u201cAccordingly, the security task force requests members of the public to be more concerned and vigilant about happenings in and around their immediate environment.<\/p>\n

 The JTF further reminded the people that although curfew has been reviewed from11 p.m.- 6 a.m. daily, checks are continuously been conducted throughout the night in order to ensure safety, security of lives and property as well as consolidating on the successes recorded so far in our collective fight against terrorism.\u201d<\/p>\n

  The Chairman of the Committee, Alhaji Taminu Turaki (SAN) who gave the assurance yesterday during an interactive session with the diplomatic community, said that the major challenges confronting the committee were issues of establishing contact and maintaining confidence with the members of the sect<\/p>\n

 He added: \u201c We have engaged the Boko Haram sect  on critical dialogue and very soon a ceasefire pact will be signed and peace will return.<\/p>\n

 \u201cThe most challenging is the issue of  dialogue, trying to establish contact and building  confidence because most of them are afraid to come out, but because of what the committee has done, most of them have started to show up and we are at the point of trust .\u201d<\/p>\n

  On the committee\u2019s  finding so far, the chairman said, \u201cBecause we do find things at the point of writing our report, so when we begin writing our reports, we definitely make findings and it is at the basis of these findings that we draw our conclusions  and it is from these conclusions that our recommendations will follow. Nigeria will certainly see what our recommendations will be when we submit the document.\u201d<\/p>\n

  He also maintained that the tracking of an insurgent group like the Boko Haram is a gradual process, noting that the government has a will to end the problem.<\/p>\n

 He said :\u201cThe issue of terrorism is not something you solve within a day, particularly the kind of terrorism we have in Nigeria where you have a lot of elements masquerading into it, so it is something that has a lot of dimension.<\/p>\n

  \u201cWe are trying the best we can and this is something we have to approach holistically not only on the side of what the committee is doing, but even what the government, security agencies, and religious leaders are doing and well-meaning Nigerians are doing.\u201d <\/p>\n

    Speaking of the Kano attacks, the CAN President, Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor also expressed grief over a report  that 16 Christians were last Sunday handcuffed and burnt to death by members of the Boko Haram sect within the precinct of a church at Biu in Borno State.<\/p>\n

   In a statement yesterday in Abuja, Oritsejafor noted that with the bombing of the Pentecostal Church, the killing of non-indigenes of Christian faith in Kano and the 16 Christians burnt to death in Biu, the Federal Government should consider the handshake to the Islamic militant group as having extended beyond the elbow.<\/p>\n

   According to him, the Boko Haram sect is becoming more unrepentant while these latest killings of non-indigenes and Christians in their places of worship have further stirred the sensibilities of the people.<\/p>\n

  He added: \u201cWith this continued attacks on innocent Nigerians who are largely non-indigenes and churches in the northern part of the country for four years by the Boko Haram sect, the need for an all-round strategy to rein in the Islamic insurgents has become more imperative now more than ever before.\u201d<\/p>\n

  It continued, \u201cWe in CAN commend officers and men of the special forces for taking extra-ordinary steps to protect the lives and property of innocent Nigerians.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Police and the State Security Service (SSS) should do the same and in addition sharpen their investigative skills. As it is, we would not be wrong to think that those who buy the extreme ideologies of the Boko Haram sect have infiltrated the ranks of all the security arms of the nation as intelligence sharing and management seem thwarted by agents of the sect within the system.\u201d<\/p>\n

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