Maj. Gen. Lucky Irabor, the Theatre Commander of the military campaign, Operation Lafiya Dole, while displaying to newsmen aerial footage showed terrorists fleeing with women and children.
“The haggard fighters were just using them as a shield,” Irabor commented at a news conference in Maiduguri.
“That is why we did not engage them from the air. We had always believed and hoped that going into the Sambisa Forest would afford us the opportunity to get the remaining Chibok girls. What we can’t tell is whether those women we can see were the Chibok girls,” he added.
Meanwhile, the Nigeria Army has been showered praises both locally and internationally for dismantling the final stronghold of Boko Haram in the infamous Sambisa forest. However, Nigerians still await the return of the remaining Chibok girls in the custody.
Written by Victor Agboga
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