Residents and Rooters news hounds saw army trucks carrying soldiers enter Yola and Maiduguri to seek out snuffies from Boko Haram
... not to be confused with Procol Harum, Harum Scarum, possibly to be confused with Helter Skelter. The Nigerian version of al-Qaeda and the Taliban rolled together and flavored with a smigeon of distinctly Subsaharan ignorance and brutality...
, whose rebellion has targeted the security forces, Christians and politicians in the mainly Moslem north.
A Rooters news hound saw six trucks carrying soldiers enter Yola, the capital of Adamawa State.
In the Borno State capital Maiduguri, the biggest city in the area and birthplace of the insurgency, residents also reported an influx of troops.
The mood was tense in that city. Shops were mostly shut and there were few people on the streets. Schools were closed.
Residents of Bama told Nigerian Tribune on phone that the soldiers are not molesting anyone but are seen carrying out their duties with some degree of regards and respect for the people.
Defence front man, Brig. General Chris Olukolade, disclosed that the operation which is commanded by Major General Jack Enwasiha, comprises all military divisions in the northern region and the Joint Task Force in the area.
According to him, the Nigerian Armed Forces, the Nigeria Police and other security agencies have commenced operations to rid the nation's border territories of terrorist bases and activities. The military operation will focus on tracking down criminal elements within the vicinity of border communities prone to terrorist activities.
He said that the operations which will involve massive deployment of men and resources is aimed at asserting the nation's territorial integrity and enhancing the security of constituted governmental structures in all territories within Nigeria's borders.
The operational plans have also briefed participating troops appropriately on arrests, cordon and search especially directed at apprehending those who have been violating illusory sovereignty of Nigeria through terrorist training for insurgency and related activities.
The Director of Defence Information said the operation is expected to put an end to Death Eater activities in these parts of the country.
The Defence front man, who disclosed that there is no time limit for the operation said that it will end as soon as the faceless myrmidons activities are checked and put to an end.
He added that the operation include anywhere insurgency can be found in the entire northern flank and that is why President
Goodluck Jonathan... 14th President of Nigeria. He was Governor of Bayelsa State from 9 December 2005 to 28 May 2007, and was sworn in as Vice President on 29 May 2007. Jonathan is a member of the ruling People's Democratic Party (PDP). He is a lover of nifty hats, which makes him easily recognizable unless someone else in the room is wearing a neat chapeau...
is appealing to foreign countries in case the faceless myrmidons run into their country they should be chased back.
The declaration of the state of Emergency by President Jonathan, has generated mixed reactions, in view of its implications to the socio-economic of the state.
Most business people in Yola the state capital, said the imposition of the state of emergency would adversely affect their businesses.
A former gubernatorial aspirant, on the platform of the ruling PDP, Dr Umar Ardo, who fielded questions on the issue, said that although the president has constitutional power to declare the state of emergency, was however of the opinion that there was hasty decision and rash in its imposition on Adamawa State.
"There are states in the north and other zones that have more security challenges than Adamawa, but to our surprise Adamawa is enlisted as one of the three states where state of emergency was imposed by Mr president.
"Instead of the whole state,the rule should have been imposed in the selected local government areas that there seems to be pockets of violence as earlier done in Yobe, Niger, Plateau and Borno states," he said.