Nigerian military speaks on terrorists establishing operational base in South-West

The Defence Headquarters, DHQ, has dismissed reports suggesting that violent groups person established a imperishable operational basal successful Nigeria’s South West portion pursuing the caller abduction of schoolhouse pupils and teachers successful Oyo State.

In a connection issued on Tuesday by the Director of Defence Media Operations, Major General Michael Onoja, the subject described the onslaught connected schools successful Oriire Local Government Area of Oyo State arsenic an isolated transgression enactment and not grounds of an entrenched violent beingness successful the region.

According to the statement, the affected schools are Baptist Nursery and Primary School, Yawota, Community Grammar School, Ahoro-Esinele and L.A. Primary School.

Chief of Defence Staff, General Olufemi Olatunbosun Oluyede, expressed sympathy to the families of the victims, the Oyo State Government, and Nigerians implicit the incident, describing the abduction of guiltless children and unit arsenic “callous and reprehensible”.

He assured families that the Armed Forces of Nigeria was deploying each disposable resources to guarantee the harmless and unconditional relea...