The Nigerian Air Force, NAF, Sunday, said that it had succeeded in disrupting the Boko Haram sect’s communication supply line in the North eastern part of the country, stating that efforts had been intensified to ensure that the war against insurgents comes to an end in six weeks.

Air-force-inewsprintAmosu declared that to meet the six weeks deadline onslaught against terrorists, as earlier declared by the Federal Government, the military had commenced special trainings for its personnel and platforms in Lagos for onward deployment to the northeast. He, therefore, revealed that during the training period, there would be sounds of gun shots as well as movement of military platform in Lagos, calling on Lagosians not to panic.

The Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Adesola Amosu, disclosed this at the National Air Defence Corps, NADC, while flagging off a military operation exercise just as a female suicide bomber launched an attack at a motor park in Damaturu, Yobe State capital killing 10 persons while 31 others were injured.

According to him, “we are set to decimate the Boko Haram terrorists by first gaining air and ground intelligence to deny them the freedom of action and movement, to destroy their communication and supply line and deny them the possibilities of regeneration. “We have done this sufficiently and their command and control is already disrupted and what we need to do now is an exercise to complete the project.

“It is so easy for people to say what you could not do in so many years, how come you are going to do in six weeks. It is an operation and it gets to a point where you can categorically say that within a period you can complete the operation and this is where we are right now. “As part of ongoing operations in the northeast, we needed to show up in Lagos to bring additional capabilities to the fight against insurgency. We are incorporating some new systems. Some new ammunition have shown up and we need to incorporate this into our existing platforms and intensify day and night operations.

“We need to let the citizens know that occasionally they will hear gun fires and we will have ammunition being delivered. They should not panic. We have been in the air for the past few days and we are notifying the citizens accordingly that the ongoing operations are to recalibrate our weapon system and fine tune our tactics. “We are satisfied that the period allocated should be enough to carry out this project. Do not forget that you need time too for the displaced citizens to be able to go back to their locations. So we are almost there.”

Meanwhile, Police in Yobe State have confirmed the killing of 10 people and 31 injured in a suicide attack that was carried out by a female suicide bomber. The attack took place at the Damaturu Central motor park near the A Division Police Station that was on January 9, 2015 burnt by the Boko Haram insurgents. The Police Public Relations Officer for Yobe State, Toyin Gbadegesin, disclosed that the bomber made several failed attempts to bomb the military outfit inside the park before she boarded a half-loaded Sharon car and blew off herself killing 10 people on the spot.

Of all places why cant they train in a less populated areas but at the nations most densely populated area

Deceive us no further. What you just told us could have been done long enough before 1.3 million people were displaced from their homes and over 50,000 people dead. I also do not understand why the training will have to take place in a crowded city like Lagos. Projectiles might start flying at entering homes.

Oya oooo Eko guys take cover!

Why Lagos of all places in Nigeria? Why not Ekiti? Why not Anambra, why not the outskirts of Abuja? Why not Taraba or even Otuoke?


Lagos is too delicate and strategic to be a testing ground for shooting oooo.

Please o, we don't want to hear news of stray bullet o
Bokoharam is up north, please take your training there.

I smell something fishy in the excuse sha.....

Lagosians are already scared

I hope this is not an unnecessary show of force on the streets of Lagos......Lagosians are already burdened with the stress of traffic and other life daily struggles...they don't need additional stress on their lives.

Boko Rams are in the North East, why not use any of North Eastern States?

Why Lagos

I do hope the presidency is not using this ploy to try and intimidate Lagosians....

I saw two helicopters at about 1pm with Nigeria's flag flying over the site where I work in Lagos.
Click like if you saw it also click like if you will vote GEJ. I no talk share for Alhaji Buhari O.

Football match dem no go carry come Lagos. What a wrong and dubious move again to checkmate southwest. No such vast empty space in Lagos, unless towards Atlantic ocean, oduduwa wake up.

Jona army be careful this is Lagos ... You can't try nonsense here ... Go to the the south south and south east to test your ammunitions

This rumour is becoming a reality everyday, after the six weeks, Boko Haram will still exist, many IDPs will still be displaced, there will still be heightened tension about election.

The armed forces will request for more weeks to clean up the onslaught, election will not hold and interim government will take over. The operation that has not been successful 3 years back is now projected to be successful in less than 2 months.

By the grace of God, any leader, political party, group or government that is using Boko Haram to play politics will face untold hardship in this world and hereafter.

Between they should be very careful with the training, collateral damage will be uncalled for in a place that is not a war zone.

Hmmm, I just hope one missile won't miss road and locate one mansion in a certain area in Ikoyi.
Did I get any signal from the Khaki boys stationed there?