Theatre Commander, Operation LAFIYA DOLE, Maj. Gen. Olusegun Adeniyi, who took over the leadership of the operations last Saturday, said the elders were invited for a round-table meeting “to familiarise with them and aqauint them with the current military operation.”

The 16-man delegation of Borno elders was led by a former governor of the state, Alhaji Asheik Jar’ma.

Others include a renowned Professor of Community Health and former Vice Chancellor of University of Maiduguri, Professor Emeritus Umaru Shehu.