Chief of Army
Staff ( COAS), Lt. General Tukur Buratai on Saturday said that there was no
going back on the rescue mission irrespective of any call by Nigerians to
dialogue with the rampaging insurgents in the North East of the country.
This was even
as he added that over 20,000 persons abducted by the Boko Haram insurgency have
been rescued by the military.
Speaking in an
interview with journalists shortly after commissioning Nigerian Army Officers
Wife Association (NAOWA) Day Care, Nursery and primary school at Ribadu
Cantonment, Kaduna, Lt. Buratai said the move by Federal arm of government to
negotiate with the insurgents will not stop the military’s rescue operations.
He appealed to
anybody with useful information that could boost the rescue operations to
volunteer such information to the military.
“We have so
far rescued over 20000 abducted persons, and we are still rescuing more and we
will continue to do that.
“We will
continue to carry out our rescue operations, this rescue is ongoing, as far as
the Army, and indeed the military is concerned, we will continue to play our
own part.
“The
negotiation is left for appropriate arm of government, but we are looking for
any information to rescue anybody that is being held hostage,” he said.
The Army Boss
had earlier visited the headquarters of One Division, Nigerian Army, Kaduna
where he had a closed door meeting with officers and men of the division.
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