BEVERLY HILLS, November 14, (THEWILL) –The Defence Headquarters has dismissed reports that the Boko Haram sect was planning to attack some Southwestern states of Nigeria.
A Saturday statement by the acting Director of Defence Information, Col. Rabe Abubakar, said the report was baseless, unfounded and urged the public to disregard such reports.
He said the military in recent operations in the Northeast had degraded the insurgents, stressing that it was not possible for the insurgents to coordinate attacks in any part of the country.
“The attention of the Defence Headquarters (DHQ) has been drawn to the above caption published by some section of the media claiming impending attacks by Boko Haram terrorists in some south western states of the country.
“This story is not only baseless but lacks substance in its entirety, hence should be disregarded.
“Of more worrisome is the claim that the terrorists have infiltrated the western states.
“While the military and other security agencies have made tremendous successes in degrading and decimating the terrorists, it would be unthinkable to raise these unfounded rumours of Boko Haram terrorist planning attack not only in the west but any other part of the country for that matter,’’ Abubakar said.
