POLICE and other paramilitary personnel would soon be deployed at liberated areas in the troubled North-East, Minister of Interior, Lt. General Abdulrahaman Dambazzau (retd), has said on Monday.
Dambazzau, who was on assessment visits to formations in Maiduguri, said most police posts and other offices of paramilitary agencies in the ministry were forced to shut down their operations in volatile areas in the region following repeated attacks by Boko Haram.
The minister said the visit was at the instance of the Minister of Defence who requested for redeployment of policemen and other personnel to the reclaimed areas in order to re-establish civil authorities.
He said this during his visit to the Borno State Governor, Kashim Shettima, Shehu of Borno, Alhaji Abubakar Garbai El-Kanemi, Maiduguri Maximum Prison and the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camp. Shettima, in his response, said the police were the first major targets of the Boko Haram terrorists
In a related development, the Multi-National Joint Task Force (MNJTF), a regional military force established by some African states including Nigeria, Chad, Cameroon, Niger and Benin Republic, has received operational vehicles to combat Boko Haram insurgents in border areas.
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