The
Nigerian Army through the Theatre Command of Operation Lafiya Dole, the
military’s anti-insurgency command in the North-East, on Monday, admitted that
troops were redeployed from the Dapchi area before the abduction of the
schoolgirls.
It
added that the army “handed over the security of the area to the Nigeria Police
Division.”
The
Deputy Director, Army Public Relations and the Theatre Command’s spokesperson,
Col. Onyema Nwachukwu, said the military should not be blamed for the abduction
of the schoolgirls as the troops handed over a “peaceful and calm situation” to
the police.
Nwachukwu
said the troops were redeployed in Kanama, on the Nigeria-Niger Republic
border, to combat Boko Haram terrorists who were attacking a military location
in the area.
The
army spokesman said the military would not engage in a blame game with the Yobe
State Government as it was making “efforts to rescue the abducted schoolgirls.”
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