The news was confirmed by Chief of Naval Staff,
Usman Jibrin after a meeting between the service chiefs and Buhari on Tuesday,
Vanguard reports.
Speaking on the meeting, Jibrin said:
“Since
he was inaugurated as our commander-in-chief, this is the first time
that we are formally meeting him to give general security briefing of
the country. We have been able to provide insights into the security
situation of Nigeria.
Specifically
on Boko Haram, with the level of successes being recorded, we want to
maintain the tempo and sustain it until they are routed out.
On
the command centre, we will go back and work on it. Soon it will be
carried out, it is a Presidential directive, it must be carried out, and
we must do that as quickly as possible.”
Service Chiefs say they will soon carry out President Muhammadu Buhari's
directive to relocate the military command and control centre to
Maiduguri, Borno State, to tackle the Boko Haram insurgent.
The Chief of Naval Staff Rear Admiral Usman Jibrin, stated this while
addressing State House journalists on Tuesday after a three-hour
closed-door meeting President Buhari held with the security chiefs at
the Defence House in Abuja.
Fielding question on when the command centre would be relocated to
Maiduguri, the Chief of Naval Staff said: "The command center, we're the
ones to go back and work on it. Soon, it will be carried out. It is a
presidential directive. It must be carried out, and we must do that as
quickly as possible".
Jubrin said the armed forces would sustain the tempo of their success
against the insurgents, asking Nigerians to continue to support the
military by providing the needed intelligence.
"As to the human beings, their movements and suspicious movement should
be reported to the police. Of course, the police will make that
available to us. You know as we continue to put pressure on them in the
Sambisa area, they'll try to run away from there and then create further
problems, using improvised explosives devices.
"Like I told you, we're sustaining the tempo and the successes we've
recorded so far. We want to continue to maintain that, and if there is
any suggested solutions that requires amendments or alteration of what
we're doing, why not? Most especially the more they give us the
intelligence, the better", he said.
The service chiefs at the meeting were Chief of Defence Staff, Air Chief
Marshal Alex Badeh; Chief of Army Staff, Lt General Kenneth Minimah;
Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal A. N. Amosun; Chief of Naval Staff, Vice
Admiral U. O. Jibrin and Inspector General of Police Solomon Arase.
The president had stated in his inaugural speech on Friday that victory
against the sect could not be achieved by basing the command and control
centre in Abuja, saying "The command centre will be relocated to
Maiduguri and remain until Boko Haram is completely subdued."
