The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Major General Kenneth Minimah, on Thursday, admitted that some local government areas of the North East were lost to the Boko Haram but assured that such areas would soon be recovered by the military.
A Senate Committee had invited the service chiefs including the Chief of Defence Staff, Air Chief Marshal Alex Badeh, Chief of Army Staff, Major General Kenneth Minimah, Chief of Naval Staff, Rear Admiral Usman Jibrin, and Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Adeola Amosu, to brief its members on the state of affairs in the Northeast with regard to the fight against Boko Haram.
Others also invited to the meeting included the Inspector General of Police, Suleiman Abba, and the Director General, Directorate of State Security (DSS) Ekpeyong Ita.
It turned out that only the Chief of Army Staff, Minimah, appeared for the parley to represent the Chief of Defence Staff, Badeh.
Chairman of the Senate Committee, George Thompson Sekibo, gave the synopsis of the meeting by informing the Army Chief that the agenda of the parley was “very loaded.”
He noted that while politicians were busy scheming for the 2015 election, insurgents were on the other hand having a field day especially in the Northeastern part of the country.
Source: http://dailyindependentnig.com/
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