Army establishes Motorbike Battalion

The Nigeria Army on Saturday established a
motorbike battalion to add impetus to its war on
insurgency in the Northeast.
Also on Saturday, the Army released a fresh list of
100 suspected members of the terrorist sect,
Boko Haram, wanted for various act of terrorism
in the country.
The Army also on the same day opened one of
the major road leading to Maiduguri, Maiduguri-
Damboa-Biu road closed to traffic for over two
years as a result of the surge of insurgency in the
area.
The Army had late last year published the first set
of 100 suspected members of the terrorist sect,
Boko Haram wanted by the Nigerian state.
The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt. Gen. Tukur
Buratai who launched the Motorbike Battalion of
the Nigeria Army at the 25 Task Force Brigade,
Damboa, Borno State said the decision for the
introduction of the combat motorbike is to
ensure that “our roads are safe.”
He said the combat motorbike would ensure a
force multiplier effect and give the military an
edge in the ongoing counter-insurgency war in the
North-East.
He said with the introduction of the combat
motorbike “our troops will be able to pursue the
Boko Haram anywhere.”
He added that the reach of the motorbike will be
very important and will ensure that we can
improve on our successes.
On the reopened road, Buratai said: “The road
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He added that: “The safety on this road is in care
of the Brigade Commander of 25 Task Force
Brigade. I do not want to hear any attack on this
road, motorists plying this road must be safe.”
The COAS appealed to the public to come out with
information that will assist in the arrest of
terrorists, adding that many terrorists in the first
list of 100 wanted were identified and arrested.
He said the new list of 100 suspected terrorists is
for the members of the public to identify and
report their whereabout so that they could be
brought to justice.
He said: “The hundred Boko Haram members
declared wanted have their faces on the poster.
The members of the public should look at the
poster very well and report appropriately.”
On the reopened Maiduguri-Damboa-Biu road,
the Secretary of Borno State Chapter of the
National Union of Road Transport Workers
(NURTW), Alhaji Adamu Musa, expressed
appreciation to the COAS for making it a reality.
He however called for between 20 and 30
checkpoints on the road in order to check against
the threat of the terrorist sect.

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