The Theatre Commander of Operation Hadin Kai, Major General Christopher Musa, have said in an interview with a North East-based security media outfit, Metro Watch, that their problem is how bandits plants explosive on the already bad roads in the country.
Major General Musa in his words said “the main challenge we are having now is the IEDs they plant on the way and run away. The roads have deteriorated over the years because they were not well constructed.
We have removed over 98 IEDs so far and are still counting. We are making do with hampholders to sort this lingering IED menace. You can imagine, between Maiduguri and Monguno is a distance of 180km and you will have to drop down to the ground intermittently to clear the road before continuing the journey. But if the roads are fixed, that would be eliminated completely. The government should just help us tar the roads.”
He also disclosed that the Nigeria Police Force Training School at Gwoza captured by the terrorists has been reclaimed.
Musa said factors like poverty, illiteracy, hunger among others, gave rise to terrorism in the country, urging the government to begin to address those issues.
