Troops of Operation Desert Sanity and the Civilian Joint Task Forces have reportedly neutralised terrorists of the Islamic State’s West Africa Province (ISWAP) in Borno State.
It was gathered that ISWAP terrorists were neutralized in an “ongoing offensive onslaught” in Borno State on Tuesday, June 14.
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According to a tweet by the Nigerian Army on Wednesday morning, June 15, the troops recovered weapons and intercepted one Mrs Mary Ngoshe who is believed to be one of the abducted girls from GGSS Chibok in 2014.
Troops of 26 Task Force Brigade on patrol around Ngoshe in Borno State on 14 June 2022 intercepted one Mrs Mary Ngoshe and her son. She is believed to be one of the abducted girls from GGSS Chibok in 2014. Further exploitation ongoing. pic.twitter.com/RqKH0FaqQv
— Nigerian Army (@HQNigerianArmy) June 15, 2022
The tweet read:
Ongoing offensive onslaught by troops of Operation Desert Sanity in conjunction with CJTF recorded another feat on 14 June 2022 as ISWAP terrorists were neutralized around Gurzum in Borno State.
Terrorists’ market and camps were destroyed. Weapons amongst others were recovered.
Also added in the tweet:
Troops of 26 Task Force Brigade on patrol around Ngoshe in Borno State on 14 June 2022 intercepted one Mrs Mary Ngoshe and her son. She is believed to be one of the abducted girls from GGSS Chibok in 2014. Further exploitation ongoing.
Meanwhile, claims linking the Islamic State’s West Africa Province (ISWAP) to the church attack in Owo have been dismissed by Ekiti State Governor Kayode Fayemi as mere speculation.
He emphasised that no proof has been found that the terrorists were involved in the attack, which took many lives and injured many more.
Fayemi made this call on Monday, June 13, in response to a question regarding the position of the Federal Government during an interview on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily.
The Governor said;
I am not going to go into any speculation.
As far as I’m concerned, the statement that ISWAP or Boko Haram, or whatever other institutions are responsible for this (attack) is purely speculative at this stage. I haven’t seen any evidence that concretely puts this in the corner of any of these rogue elements that we have.
And really it doesn’t – at this stage – matter, they have committed this crime, they have demonstrated the capacity to cause maximum damage to our people.
When gunmen opened fire on attendees at St Francis Catholic Church in Owo, the capital of Ondo State’s Owo Local Government Area, at least 40 people were murdered and many more were injured.
The attack drew global outrage, with many individuals and organisations urging the government to guarantee that the perpetrators were apprehended and brought to justice.
