{"id":42147,"date":"2015-09-19T18:25:19","date_gmt":"2015-09-19T17:25:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=42147"},"modified":"2015-09-19T18:25:19","modified_gmt":"2015-09-19T17:25:19","slug":"air-force-to-boko-haram-surrender-now-or-be-wiped-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/air-force-to-boko-haram-surrender-now-or-be-wiped-out\/","title":{"rendered":"Air Force To Boko Haram: Surrender Now or Be Wiped Out"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1442683343477_2108\" class=\"base-card-body\">\n<div id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1442683343477_1581\" class=\"msg-body inner  undoreset\" tabindex=\"0\">\n<div id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1442683343477_1822\" class=\"email-wrapped\">Chief of Air Staff, Air Vice Marshal Sadique Abubakar, on Saturday warned<br \/>\nthe Boko Haram insurgents to surrender or face the full force of the<br \/>\nnation\u2019s military capability<\/p>\n<p>Abubakar made the warning while addressing newsmen at the end of 2015<br \/>\nAnnual 10-kilometer Walk\/Jog exercise organised by the Admin Branch of the<br \/>\nNigerian Air Force, in Abuja.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy message to the insurgents is simple; it is either they give up their<br \/>\ninsurgency or they are going to face the force.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are putting together everything in place and we hope that they will<br \/>\nkeep to this advice and surrender their arms.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey can come up so that we can bring this operation to an end, if not,<br \/>\nthe consequences will be terribly unbearable,\u201d Mr. Abubakar said.<\/p>\n<p>He said the Nigerian Air Force was working closely with all the forces to<br \/>\nachieve the deadline to end insurgency in the North-East.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe deadline has been set and we are going to achieve that deadline.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is not only an Air Force war; it is a war that is jointly fought by<br \/>\nall the forces.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur responsibility is to make it easy for the surface forces to move<br \/>\naround to conduct their operation without any hindrance and that is<br \/>\nexactly what we have been doing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is a very coordinated operation between the air elements and the land<br \/>\nelements and that is why we are beginning to see the result of that<br \/>\ncoordination,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The chief of air staff said the significance of the exercise was to keep<br \/>\nthe minds and body of officers and men fit and ready to combat insurgency.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn trying times such as now, you need not only a sound mind but you also<br \/>\nneed a very sound body.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCertainly, somebody that has weak body is not likely to do well in the<br \/>\nbattle, so it is an opportunity for us to remind ourselves that we have<br \/>\nvery trying times.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have challenges and responsibilities as members of the Nigerian Air<br \/>\nForce and you cannot do that with only a sound mind, you need a sound body<br \/>\nas well.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are likely going to introduce additional exercise that will keep our<br \/>\nmen in good shape so that they are able to discharge their constitutional<br \/>\nresponsibilities without any difficulties,\u2019\u2019 the chief of air staff said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"base-card-clear\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chief of Air Staff, Air Vice Marshal Sadique Abubakar, on Saturday warned the Boko Haram insurgents to surrender or face the full force of the nation\u2019s military capability Abubakar made&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":42148,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-42147","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-exclusive"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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