the insurgents’ lifestyle are being revealed as troops continue to stumble on
strange and bizarre objects such as several used and unused condoms as well as
charms and amulets of various shapes in the captured terrorists camps.
Defence
spokesman, Brigadier-General Chris Olukolade, who made the revelation, said
that other common items found by troops in the terrorists camps also included
syringes, test tubes and hand gloves usually found in the rubbles of most of
the destroyed camps.
According
to him, apart from chemicals and materials for producing Improvised Explosive
Devices (IEDs), narcotics of all types were also found to be common features as
troops combed through camps in Sambisa forest, New Marte, and others.
He
noted that vehicles and various brands of electronics believed to have been
stolen from various parts of the country were also found abandoned or destroyed
in the camps or the escape routes of the insurgents. Most of these items were
either destroyed or set on fire as the terrorists fled in different directions.
Meanwhile,
Defence Headquarters (DHQ) assessment teams are currently in Yobe and Adamawa
states to update the reports on the conduct of security operations in those
states since deployment of troops in line with the State of Emergency.
The
director of defence information told newsmen that the outcome would also be
presented for DHQ’s further strategic guidelines for the subsequent phase of
the operations.
The
Defence Headquarters also noted that the allegation of massive civilian
casualties in the affected states, as alleged through a video leaked to
Aljazeera, had no bearing whatsoever with the current reality in the operations
areas.
It
noted in particular that the footages being referred to as civilian casualties
were actually pictures of the destruction perpetrated by the terrorists at the
police stations and prisons in Bama, Borno State, on 7 May, 2013, when the
insurgents attacked the town.
He
said that it was equally noteworthy that all the soldiers participating in the
Special Operation have remained restricted to operational area since the
mission started and could not have been available to grant the purported interview
shown on the clips.
“It is
unfortunate that the medium of Aljazeera is again being used for this
unfortunate design. Thus, DHQ once again affirms that there has been no
collateral damage to civilian lives and property in the scale presented by Aljazeera
since the operation began”.
Consequently,
the defence spokesman added that the unfair report is therefore to be
discountenanced as part of the mischief aimed at undermining Nigeria’s
security, territorial integrity and sovereignty by some foreign media and
individuals.
