The Chief of Defence Staff, Air Chief Marshal Alex Badeh has defended his claim on May 26 that the Nigerian Military have discovered the location of the over 200 missing girls held hostage by Boko Haram insurgents.
Chief of Defence Staff, Air Chief Marshal Alex Badeh
This claim did not go down well with the Presidency as it was yesterday reported that the President was angry with the Chief of Defence Staff's claim who viewed it s a breach capable of hindering the recovery of the children from their abductors.
Well the Presidency has reportedly softened its stance over the Chief of Defence Staff revelations based on his explanations.
Competent sources told Vanguard last night that the CDS whose competence has been questioned in recent times said his announcement was necessary before other countries to give the assurance that it was capable of tackling the rising wave of insurgency.
The source said: “If the Americans had made the breakthrough, it would have been the end of the Nigerian Military and the President, as Commander-in-Chief, knows that he must show and have confidence in the capacity and competence of his troops.”
According to findings, it was due to the explanations made by Badeh that the Presidency authorised one of his senior media aides, Doyin Okupe, to make further claims that the military had sighted the missing girls.
Okupe, in the CNN interview monitored in Abuja, said the girls had been located but did not say where they were.
Meanwhile, the US who have provided air surveillance and logistics support to rescue the Chibok school girls is angry with the revelation made by the CDS as the US could not confirm the claim while saying they would prefer to bring out the girls before making any statement.
The source further said that the President was not unmindful of the effect of the positive development on the morale of the Nigerian military.
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