The nature of the munitions used in the recent US airstrikes in Nigeria, according to Minister of Defense Gen. Christopher Musa (Rtd), made it impossible to recover the physical remains of terrorists who were neutralized.
According to reports, Musa said that the terrorists were eliminated using cutting-edge weapons, such as Tomahawk missiles, which left no trace in an interview on Arise Television’s Prime Time program on Thursday.
“They wouldn’t know because the way they were neutralized, you wouldn’t see anything,” he stated. The Tomahawks were a novel type of weapon.
The defense chief said that such results were a part of military policy when questioned about allegations that several Tomahawk missiles failed to explode.
“That is all part of the tactics,” he said. When you launch a conflict attack, you trick your adversary. It includes all of those.
Musa said that Nigerian security forces were simultaneously conducting coordinated attacks on other locations while the US operation was underway.
He told Nigerians that the activities had produced results and promised further successes.
“At least Nigerians are seeing the results, and they will see more things coming up,” he declared.
“As we speak, numerous other areas were being neutralized by the Nigerian Army, Navy, and Air Force.” Indeed, a lot has been accomplished since January.
