Chuks Oyema-Aziken
The Chief of Defence Staff, Gen. LEO Irabor has assured the people of their safety during the 2023 general elections.
The CDS gave the assurance at the 25th edition of the President Muhammadu Buhari’ (PMB) Scorecard Series, where the Minister of Defence, retired Gen. Bashir Magashi, who presented the scorecard of the ministry.
He said the threats of the outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), would not stop the conduct of the polls in that region.
According to Gen. Irabor no person or group can stop the polls.
“The armed forces are working in concert with the Police and other security agencies to ensure that the menace of criminalities from IPOB and Eastern Security Network are eliminated,” he said.
Irabor also corroborated the position of the Defence Minister that “no territory of Nigeria is under the control of the Boko Haram or any other terrorists group.”
He said all communities in the North-East zones of the country had been liberated from the criminal elements.
Irabor said the military was on the mission for final cleansing of the North-East region from terrorists.
He reiterated that the fact that the military had not ceased operation in the region did not mean that the terrorists were still occupying any portion of the nation’s territory.
