The Chief of Defense Staff, Maj-Gen. Lucky Irabor has decried that bad roads stifle military operations in the Northeast region of country. Irabor raised the alarm at the weekend in Maiduguri, when he visited the Shehu of Borno, Abubakar Umar Garbai El-Kanemi for a royal blessing for the ongoing counter-terrorism operations.
The General, who led the delegation to the Shehu’s place along with the Chief of Army Staff, Maj-Gen. Ibrahim Attahiru, Chief of Air Staff, Isiaka Amao and the Naval Chief, Rear Admiral, Auwal Gambo said: “Until there is adequate provision for the prosecution of the ongoing conflict. It would be difficult to achieve the needed success. “Assessing the road network is the issue and this is not the job of the Operation Lafiya Dole. There cannot be good governance without a good road network.”
The former Chief of Army Staff, Lt-Gen Tukur Buratai (rtd) has also lamented on the poor state of roads in Borno state. He told journalists at the Monguno military barracks in 2018 that good roads in the theatre of war, could reduce time of response to various attacks on communities. He added that the insurgents also cash on the bad roads to attack and kidnap motorists. In December last year, over 60 people were kidnapped by Boko Haram terrorists along the 40-Maiduguri/Jakana road.
