The
General Officer Commanding (GOC) 81 Division in Lagos on Thursday said
it has arrested 37 Boko Haram suspects in the past 15 months in Lagos
area.
Nigerian Army GOC during the hand-over ceremony (Photo: The Nation)
Speaking to news reporters in Lagos during a hand-over ceremony on
Thursday, the outgoing General Officer Commanding (GOC) 81 Division,
Maj.-Gen. Isidore Edet, disclosed that the 81 Division of the Nigerian
Army, arrested 37 suspected Boko Haram terrorists in Lagos and Ogun
States within the last 15 months.
Edet who handed over to his successor, Maj.-Gen. Ebenezer Oyefolu,
after he was redeployed as Commander, Infantry Corps, Jaji in Kaduna,
said the Division, under his watch, arrested the terrorists in different
parts of the two states.
He said: “As Boko Haram is being defeated in the northeast, the
terrorists run to other parts of the country. We ensure they are
arrested irrespective of where they run to.
"Lagos is not an exception, we have continued to arrest them
and hand them over to the necessary agency. We have arrested over 37 of
them from August last year when I took over to this month.
“My most challenging moment here was when three of my
intelligence operators on surveillance at Ijedodo were abducted by the
militants and I had to work round the clock to ensure their rescue.
“Tackling the challenges posed by the militants wasn’t so
challenging because we had to work cooperatively and collaboratively to
rout the vandals in Arepo axis. For the Festac axis, the work is still
on.
“Commanding 81 Division for me, was an honour. It is the dream
of every Infantry officer to rise to command a division. It was an
honour I didn’t take for granted. So, I would miss the cooperation and
good working relations I had with my personnel.”
In his remark, the new GOC, Maj.-Gen. Oyefolu, said he would key
into the successes of his predecessor to move the Division forward.
Until his appointment as GOC 81 Division, Oyefolu was the Deputy Director at Defence Intelligence Agency, Abuja.
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