Meet us in Battlefield— DHQ tells Asari Dokubo he lacks capacity to bring down Military, Police helicopter – Crime Channels
Meet us in Battlefield— DHQ tells Asari Dokubo he lacks capacity to bring down Military, Police helicopter
Thee Defence Headquarters (DHQ) has dismissed Asari Dokubo’s threat to shoot down a military helicopter flying over his residence.
Major General Edward Buba, Director of Defence Media Operations, challenged the former militant leader to face the military on the battlefield to truly understand its capabilities.
On October 5, Dokubo threatened to bring down the helicopter, claiming he had the means to counter the Nigerian military. In response, General Buba urged him to back up his claims by confronting the military directly, stating that Dokubo would be neutralized if he attempted to engage.
Buba further called on the appropriate security agencies to take action regarding Dokubo’s threats.
Buba said, “Now, to comment by an individual that he can shoot down military helicopters, I think that’s laughable. And I am about to laugh about that. And I say that because, you know, we are in a democracy, and we are professional, of course, we cannot just, based on somebody’s comments, begin to do certain things. They will accuse the military of being undemocratic.
“The military is not the only security agency, force or department in the country. There are other security forces who have a role to play constitutionally when it comes to some of these issues.
“I tell you that he doesn’t have that capability, but I will allow the security forces that are responsible for handling such cases to take up the matter. Ours is, come on the battlefield and we take you out. He should come on the battlefield and see whether we can react or not.
“Now, for us, the enemy we fight is the terrorists. Some may choose to call them different names in the different theatres of operations where they exist. In the northwest and the northeast, some will say terrorists. I mean, some people want to say bandits.
“I tell you that they are all terrorists. We should call them for what they are. They are all terrorists. And that is what we see now. Troops are making significant progress. Like I said, we prioritise taking out the terrorist leadership and we’ve been doing just that. In the last three quarters, we’ve taken out over 300 terrorist commanders, not to mention even their foot soldiers.
“And the aim of this is to diminish their fighting capabilities and to damage their military capabilities, which we have been doing. Even as indicated in the brief that you have just received, you can see how many weapons, and ammunitions we recovered.”
