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Military, police commence ground attacks on militants in Ogun, Lagos.

A joint force comprising the military and the police have again commenced ground attacks on areas taken over by militants in Ogun and Lagos -Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos had spoken out concerning the activities of militants in some parts of the state and revealed what he plans to do about the situation Just days after the military commenced airstrikes on major targets in the Arepo area of Ogun state, a joint force comprising the police and the military have again commenced ground attacks on the affected area as well as in Ikorodu, Lagos state. This is as the federal government has vowed to rid the areas of militant activities. Recall that Arepo as well as Ikorodu and Igando in Lagos state had become danger spots where militants operated killing residents and attacking government installations.

The Nigerian Air Force also released a statement assuring residents in the Arepo region to go about their normal duties in the wake of bombing of militants’ hideouts.

Inspector-General of Police, Idris Kpotun and a top military officer as the joint security forces take on militants in Lagos and Ogun states

An Armoured tank, one of the ground attack vehicles

On Wednesday, August 3, 2016, Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos state vowed that the state government would deploy its entire arsenal to ensure that militants and vandals threatening the peace are flushed out of the State once and for all. Ambode spoke when he received Idris Kpotun Ibrahim, the police inspector-general, who was on a courtesy visit to the Lagos House, Ikeja, the state capital. The governor said that the recent military onslaught in the affected areas where such criminal elements have been hibernating was yielding positive result, assuring that all efforts would be made to sustain the success recorded so far. Governor Ambode said: “I want to also use this medium to commend the Nigeria police and other security agencies on our fight against the militants and vandals that we have embarked on in this ‘Operation Awatse’ in the last one week.

“I want to commend all the security agencies for a job well done. I also want to thank President Muhammadu Buhari for approving that operation by what we have seen. “I also commend the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) for also approving the joint effort. We are already seeing the results. I have just been briefed this morning about the impact of what has been done. “Again, we need to sustain and ensure that these people do not go back to the creeks. “On our part as a government, whatever it is that it takes to take the militants and vandals off Lagos we are going to do it, if it means shutting down some locations where they seem to be hibernating in terms of any commercial trade, we would do it and make sure that we guarantee the lives of our people and whatever it takes in terms of financial support for the security agencies to sustain the success we’ve had in the last few days, we would do it.”