Oshiomole Praises Nigerian Army For Pushing Back Boko Haram

Governor Adams oshiomole said on Tuesday that the people of the state are proud of the Nigerian armed forces to bring back peace to the state,and the country at large.

Speaking at the 18th Combat Service Support Training Week of the Nigerian Army Corps of Supply and Transport in Benin City, Governor Oshiomhole said that the Army had gone beyond the call of duty in protecting the territorial integrity of the nation, to also ensuring internal security.

He said:"I cannot imagine what would have become of this state in terms of security if we have not had the support of the Armed Forces going beyond their conventional call of duty to support the Police, and the State Security Service to ensure the security of our people in this state. None of us ever thought that the issue of security was far more complicated. It goes beyond defending, as they say, the territorial integrity to now dealing with internal issues of insurgency in ways that are so complicated that just a few years back many of us would never have thought of the possibility of a full-blooded Nigerian carrying out what they would refer to as suicide bombing."

“We in Edo State are very proud of the accomplishment of the Nigerian Armed Forces in defeating Boko haram. For me, defeat in this sense is in terms of the impunity and the arrogance and the confidence with which they moved freely, raising flags and claiming more territories and our people were on the run. I believe today there is no doubt that it is they who are on the run, and the Nigerian Armed Forces have re-established the fact that we have the best Armed Forces in our continent,"oshiomole said.

"The Nigerian army is fortunate to be led by a Army Chief who listen,consult and also dictate the limits of action,"Corps Commander (Infantry) Major General Ahmed Mohammed,who speak for Chief of Army Staff (Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai) revealed.