Command Control to move to Maiduguri soon – Service chiefs

The Chief of Naval Staff, Rear Admiral Usman Jibrin, stated this while addressing State House journalists after a three-hour closed-door meeting Buhari held with the security chiefs at the Defence House in Abuja yesterday.The president had stated in his inaugural speech on Friday that victory against the sect could not be achieved by basing the […]

The Chief of Naval Staff, Rear Admiral Usman Jibrin, stated this while addressing State House journalists after a three-hour closed-door meeting Buhari held with the security chiefs at the Defence House in Abuja yesterday.
The president had stated in his inaugural speech on Friday that victory against the sect could not be achieved by basing the command and control centre in Abuja. He had directed that:  “The command centre will be relocated to Maiduguri and remain until Boko Haram is completely subdued.”
On when the command centre would be relocated to Maiduguri, the Chief of Naval Staff said: “The command centre, we’re the ones to go back and work on it. Soon, it will be carried out. It is a presidential directive. It must be carried out, and we must do that as quickly as possible.”
Jibrin said the armed forces would sustain the tempo of their success against the insurgents, and urged Nigerians to continue to support the military by providing the needed intelligence.
“As to the human beings, their movements and suspicious movements should be reported to the police. Of course, the police will make that available to us. You know as we continue to put pressure on them in the Sambisa area, they’ll try to run away from there and then create further problems, using improvised explosives devices.
“Like I told you, we’re sustaining the tempo and the successes we’ve recorded so far. We want to continue to maintain that, and if there is any suggested solutions that require amendment or alteration of what we’re doing, why not? Most especially the more they give us the intelligence, the better,” he said.
The Chief of Naval Staff noted that they were at the Defence House to formally have their first meeting with the president.
He said they provided the president insights into the security situation in the country, particularly on the Boko Haram insurgency.
“Since he was inaugurated as our Commander-in-Chief, this is the first time that we are formally meeting him to give general security briefing of the country, and that, well, very well, we have been able to provide insights into the security situation of Nigeria.
“On the Boko Haram issue, like I told you, we have just given general briefing with respect to general security situation. Specifically on Boko Haram, with the level of successes being recorded, we want to maintain the tempo and sustain it until they are routed out,” Jibrin said.
The service chiefs at the meeting were Chief of Defence Staff, Air Chief Marshal Alex Badeh, Chief of Army Staff, Lt General Kenneth Minimah, Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal A. N. Amosun, Chief of Naval Staff Vice Admiral U. O. Jibrin, and Inspector General of Police, Solomon Arase.