The Army
General Lamidi Adeosun said the Boko Haram insurgents have continued to develop
more deadly weapons for carrying out their bloody attacks.
Major General Lamidi
Adeosun, the Commander of a multinational force in the war against Boko Haram
has revealed that the insurgents have devised the strategy of strapping bombs
to birds.
The Independent, a United
Kingdom newspaper, quoted Adeosun to have stated that the new discovery was
made at a meeting with American diplomats and security officials.
According to the report,
Adeosun showed gruesome photos of the victims of Boko Haram’s attacks and their
latest weapons during the briefing at the Multinational Joint Task Force’s
headquarters in Chad on Wednesday, April 20.
One of the pictures shared
during the meeting, showed a bird with an explosive strapped on its back.
Adeosun was further quoted
to have said that his force had received intelligence that Isis members were
being imbedded with Boko Haram.
He however, added that Boko
Haram sect had not satisfied requirements for greater operational coordination.
No comments:
Post a Comment