Boko Haram: New service chiefs storm Maiduguri to tackle insurgency

By OLATUNJI OMIRIN

The new service chiefs have arrived Maiduguri, the Borno State capital with the view to meet with critical stakeholders to brainstorm on how to tackle insurgency in the theatre of war.

The Chief of Defence Staff, Major General Leo Irabor led the service chiefs to the Headquarters of Air Task Force of Operation Lafiya Dole in Maiduguri at about 1:30pm on Sunday.

A top security source who confided in our correspondent posited that the service chiefs along with the other stakeholders are expected to brainstorm and re-strategise in order to come up with an approach that will ensure lasting peace in the region.

Daily Trust reports that all the recently appointed service chiefs including the Chief of Defence Staff, Maj. General Leo Irabor; Chief of Army Staff, Maj. General Ibrahim Attahiru; Chief of Naval Staff, Rear Admiral Awwal Gambo and the Chief of Air Staff, Air Vice Marshal Isiaka Amao were all in attendance. (Daily Trust)