The inspector-general of police, Usman Baba, has expressed concern over the ability of Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP) to fire rockets in Borno communities.
He said this on Friday while responding to questions at the end of the emergency security council meeting presided over by Buhari at the presidential villa.
Hours before the visit of President Buhari, the terrorist group had launched multiple rocket attacks in Maiduguri,Borno state capital.
The explosives that landed in different areas including Ngomari, Bulumkutu, Ajilari, and Ayafe communities, destroying many buildings.
Baba said the ability of the terrorists to strike with rockets is worrisome.
“They are launching it in major towns, they are launching it in Maiduguri. It is a concern. And it has been seriously checkmated. There are efforts to continuously checkmate it.
“Yes, they have done it, but to a large extent they have not achieved what they intended to achieve because of the situation the security agencies, particularly the military, put in place.
“ Some of those who must have planned and thrown those rockets have been taken out.
“The marching orders are always the same. It has always been the same. There is no space, there is no tolerance to any threat to security,” he said.
“There is no sparing of any terrorists and there must be an intelligence gathering, there must be proactive prevention of crime and there must be checkmating of all those that are involved in criminal activities, whether it be terrorism, banditry or armed robbery or whatever and that is what we are trying to do to the best of our knowledge and ability.”
