Irabor, Service Chiefs Visit Troops In Battle Field

Nigeria’s newly-appointed Service Chiefs, yesterday, arrived Maiduguri, the Borno State capital, and theatre of the counter-Boko Haram operations for a one-day visit.
It was the first official engagement since their appointment by President Muhammadu Buhari, last Tuesday.
The service chiefs led by Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Gen Lucky Irabor; Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Gen Ibrahim Attahiru; Chief of Air Staff, Air Vice Marshal Isiaka Amao; and Chief of Naval Staff, Rear Admiral Awwal Gambo, arrived the Air Force Base in Maiduguri at about 1:05 pm.
They immediately proceeded to the Theatre Command Headquarters, Operation Lafiya Dole, where they received briefings from the theatre commander and other commanders in the theatre.
Meanwhile, a member of the civilian JTF, a police officer and another person have reportedly been gunned down by terrorists along the Maiduguri-Magumeri Road in Borno State.
Sources said that the insurgents stationed three gun trucks between Chabol and Magumeri, and then, fired at the military base located in the area.
“After displacing the military, they attacked the police checkpoint where they burnt down one police vehicle and took one with them. There are three corpses now at the spot. A CJTF, a police officer and another civilian”, the source said.
This is coming on the heels of reports that the new CDS, Gen Lucky Irabor, was leading other service chiefs and top military officials to Maiduguri as they begin their assignment on the ongoing military clearance of terrorist elements in the region.
It would be recalled that the Maiduguri-Magumeri Road is where terrorists attacked exploration workers and staff of the University of Maiduguri, killing 69 people in July, 2017.
There are speculations that the incident may be one part of the attacks the Boko Haram leader, Abubakar Shekau, talked about in a 10-minute audio released last week.