DHQ dismisses claims of terrorist base in South-West

The Defence Headquarters, DHQ, has refuted reports suggesting the beingness of a violent stronghold successful the South-West, insisting that information operations presently underway are focused connected rescuing abducted victims and eliminating transgression elements down caller attacks.

The clarification was made connected Tuesday successful Abuja by the Director of Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. Michael Onoja.

Onoja stated that the Chief of Defence Staff, Gen. Olufemi Oluyede, had expressed sympathy to the authorities and radical of Oyo State, arsenic good arsenic families affected by the caller abduction of pupils and teachers successful Oriire Local Government Area.

He condemned the onslaught connected the schools, describing the abduction of guiltless children and unit members arsenic unacceptable and criminal.

According to him, the Armed Forces person deployed each indispensable resources and unit to unafraid the harmless and unconditional merchandise of the victims.

“The afloat value of the Armed Forces is being brought to carnivore to guarantee the harmless instrumentality of each abducted victims,” helium said.

The defence spokesperson appealed to Nigerians to stay calm, agreed and proceed to enactment information agencies with utile and credible intelligence.

Onoja disclosed that the subject had antecedently carried retired extended clearance operations wrong the Old Oyo National Park, wherever transgression elements operating successful the country were neutralised.

He maintained that quality disposable to information agencies does not enactment claims that determination is an organised violent basal operating wrong the South-West region.

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