#SoE Update: Air, land, (and sea)? Borno is locked down

New land and air patrols by the Defence Headquarters are trying to contain new terrorist threats in Borno. The army says that Boko Haram insurgents have sent threat letters to residents of Bama and Gwoza, forcing them to flee their homes. In the letters, written in Kanuri and Hausa, the terrorists warned the residents that there would be a bloodbath in seven days and they should resign their jobs, burn their employment letters, and flee.

Chris Olukolade, Brigadier General and Director of Defence Information, said that the army’s intelligence would fish out and deal with the insurgents while ensuring there was no attack on lives and property.
He said, “Threats by the group are being duly addressed by ongoing patrols of the special forces on land and air. That area is now under a special focus and every available information is being used to trail any terrorist attempting to team up for any kind of operation or threat against citizens.”
He said deployment of officers was increasing everyday, and the terrorists (who he described as miscreants) would be stopped.
Thankfully they are not referring to this as an ‘isolated threat’.