Minister of Defence, Gen. Christopher Musa (Rtd), has explained that the nature of the weapons used during the recent United States airstrikes in Nigeria made it impossible to recover physical remains of terrorists neutralised.
Naijaonpoint reports that Musa, during an interview on Arise Television’s Prime Time programme on Thursday, said the terrorists were neutralised with advanced weapons, including Tomahawk missiles, which left no visible traces.
He said, “They wouldn’t know, because the way they were neutralised, you wouldn’t see anything. It’s a new kind of weapon that was used, the Tomahawks.”
When asked about reports that some Tomahawk missiles failed to explode, the defence chief said such outcomes were part of military strategy.
He noted, “That is all part of the tactics. In conflict attack, you deceive your enemy. Those are all part of it.”
According to Musa, while the US operation was ongoing, Nigerian security forces were simultaneously carrying out coordinated attacks on other targets.
He added that the operations had yielded results and assured Nigerians that more successes would follow.
He said, “At least Nigerians are seeing the results, and they will see more things coming ahead.
“As we speak, the Nigerian Air Force, the Nigerian Navy and the Army were also neutralising a lot of other areas. In fact, from within January, a lot has been achieved.”