Chief of Army Staff, Tukur Buratai, has given an update on why the operation ‘show your identity’ proposed by the Nigerian Army must commence despite public concerns.

He said the operation is targeted at identifying fleeing Boko Haram members and other criminals.

Buratai, in his statement o Thursday stated that while facing a panel of the house committee on army, headed by Abdulrazak Namdas (APC, Adamawa).

The House of Representatives had called on President Muhammadu Buhari to order the military to stop the planned Operation Positive Identification (OPI) by the military.

The decision followed a motion of Urgent Public Importance moved by the minority leader, Ndudi Elumelu, at the plenary on Tuesday.

The Nigerian military had planned a nationwide operation to demand identity cards from citizens across the country.

‘Operation Positive Identification’ would see soldiers accosting citizens on the streets or highways and asking them to produce means of identification on the spot.

Soldiers had been taking similar measures to separate citizens from terrorists in the Boko Haram-ravaged northeastern part of Nigeria.

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Hope it won't lead to state deportations... If igbo man is found without papers in ogun state , send him to the east... If yoruba is found in enugu without papers send him to southwest lol.. If Na Hausa Man you find in east or west without papers U are on your own

Zoo country! Na una ahead