President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday met behind closed door with the service chiefs at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
Present at the meeting were the Chief of Defence Staff, Gen. Abayomi Olonisakin, Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai, Chief if Air Staff, Air Marshall Sadique Abubakar and Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ekwe Ibas and the inspector general of police, Mr. Mohammed Adamu.
The meetings came on the heels of the recent attack on Garkida community of Adamawa State where the Boko Haram insurgents killed many people and even sacked the community.
The meeting came barely 24 hours after the president had ordered the military to embark on an aggressive campaign to rout the Boko Haram terrorists.
The order, issued yesterday, was in response to the attack on the Boko attack of Garkida community in Adamawa State.
Reacting to the attack on the community on Sunday night, the president said in a statement by his spokesman, Mr. Garba Shehu that his administration had significantly weakened Boko Haram’s military capability to invade and hold Nigerian territory unchallenged.
He condemned the attack on the community and assured that no part of Nigeria would be abandoned to their fate.
He also said “in the coming weeks Nigerians would witness an aggressive campaign to rout Boko Haram once and for all.
“These attacks on soft targets by the terrorists are obvious signs of frustration because my administration has significantly weakened Boko Haram’s military capability to invade and hold Nigerian territory unchallenged.
“Our gallant forces deserve our appreciation for repelling the attackers but they must go beyond this point. They have our full support to go after the terrorists and have them pay a huge price.
“I want to assure the country that terrorists will continue to face the combined power of our military until they give up their mistaken ways.
“These occasional and episodic attacks on poor civilians by the terrorists are mere propaganda efforts to portray them as strong in order to fool the public into believing that they haven’t been militarily weekend by our gallant troops,” Buhari said.
The president said since the coming of his administration, Boko Haram’s ability to invade and occupy Nigerian territories, let alone be able to hoist their flags had been frustrated.
