The Multi-National Joint Task Force (MNJTF) have launched a coordinated joint offensive to dislodge and rid the Islands (Tunbuns) of Lake Chad of any Boko Haram/ Islamic State West Africa Province presence and activities.

The massive operation is carried out by troops of Sector 2 MNJTF (Chad Republic), Sector 3 MNJTF (Nigeria) and Sector 4 MNJTF (Niger Republic).

The ActingDirector Defence Media Operations Brigadier General Benard Onyeuko in a statementsaid following the sustained onslaught and decimation of the Boko Haram/Islamic State’s West Africa Province’ elements by the troops of Operation Lafiya Dole, the insurgents retreated into the Tumbuns of the Lake Chad from where they plan and cowardly attack soft and hard targets.

“These heinous acts necessitated the contiguous nations of the Lake Chad basin to jointly launch this massive onslaught on the terrorists across the common borders extending into the Northern Tumbuns of the Lake Chad Basin in Nigeria,” he said

He noted that aside the combined operations, troops of Operation Lafiya Dole are equally engaged in the conduct of simultaneous blocking operations aimed at decimating those insurgents who are escaping the onslaught at the Lake Chad general area. (Leadership)