It’s easier for the president of a country to declare war
against a group or another country, but certainly rare for a democratic elected
leader to directly participate in the war field, like a combatant.
The President of Chad,
Idriss Deby Itno defies the odds by joining the country’s soldiers in the
battle zone of the fight against Boko Haram terrorists in the country.
The operation dubbed
“Operation Wrath of Bomo,” came after terrorists attacked the Chadian military.
The offensive under the
tutelage and command of the Chadian leader, according to
reports took place at Kelkoua bank and Magumeri where the army destroyed
several Boko Haram bunkers, recovered cache of arms and arrested a top Boko
Haram commander.
It was gathered that the Chadian troops allegedly set free some
Nigerian soldiers held captive by terrorists at Magumeri, a local government in
the northern Borno State. Five days later, April 4, the president announced
that Boko Haram had been completely removed from Chadian territory.
“We launched the “Wrath of
Bomo” operation. We must defeat terrorism to allow our people and especially
those of Lake Chad to live in peace. This is the whole meaning of the fight
that our valiant soldiers are waging against Boko Haram,” Deby said in a tweet.
“I went down this morning to Kaiga-Kindjinria. No element of
Boko haram is present in the islands of Lake Chad. Congratulations to our
Defense and Security Forces who have cleaned up the entire island area,”
he declared
on Twitter.
On the same day Deby met with head of the commander of the
Multinational Joint Task Force fighting Boko Haram in the Lake Chad region.
Deby said the meeting in Kaiga-Kindjinria, with Nigerian General-Major Ibrahim
Manu Yusuf bordered on security deployments on the islands of Lake Chad.
Deby was back to the area on Sunday when he
visited troops who had been injured during the offensive. He stressed that the
soldiers had put their best foot forward for their fatherland.
In a very tough statement, President revealed
that, “Abubakar Shekau was lucky, he was at Dikoa during the attack. He fled
from Dikoa but we know where he is,” the president stressed during a state broadcast.
Founded in Nigeria by Mohammed Yusuf, who was killed in
police custody. The Boko Haram insurgency
has taken a regional dimension with the group launching attacks across the Lake
Chad region which borders Nigeria, Niger, Cameroon and Chad.
Undoubtedly ,Chad and its leader has made an enormous
sacrifice for the fight against terrorism in Africa, and deserve recommendation
for the psychological and direct victory against Boko Haram to protect the region ,particularly the
vulnerable segment of the populace ,including foreign interests.
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