Boko Haram: Army committed to rules of engagement, says Minimah

The Chief of Army Staff, Lt.- Gen. Kenneth Minimah, has reiterated the army commitment to rules of engagement in the ongoing fight against Boko Haram insurgents.
Minimah spoke with newsmen at the setting up of Command and Control Centre as directed by President Muhammadu Buhari in Yola on Wednesday.
`We have always operated within the rules of engagement. We have our rules of engagement for Operation Zaman Lafiya which every soldier has.
“And from time to time we enforce it to ensure that the rules of engagement are executed within the confines of its provision,’’ he said.
Minimah said the military was operating in synergy with its counterparts in neighbouring countries in the fight against Boko Haram.
“I am in Yola as part of process of establishing the military Command and Control Centre.
“We need to have two Centres; one in Maiduguri for 7 Division and one in Yola for 3 Division,’’ Minimah said.
He assured Nigerians of the armed forces commitment to containing the insurgency.
“I want to rekindle the hope and expectations of Nigerians in the Nigerian Army, and indeed, the armed forces of our capacity to dwindling the aspiration of the insurgency and make the war favourable to Federal Government of Nigeria.’’