Meanwhile human rights activist Liborous Oshoma has called for IGP and Timpreye Silva to come clean on involvement in attacks.

He also said Shaibu’s asking for an interim injunction from the courts as “presumptive, speculative, and maybe premature.”

“You cannot, on one hand, say you want to dialogue, and, on the other hand, say you want to persecute the president, not for corruption, not for betraying the country but having relationships with some foreign powers.”

She held a similar meeting with the victorious Nigeria female basketball team, D’Tigress, last week.

“There was an early warning signal that some bandits could launch attacks, which prompted the operation to mount checkpoints in the area,” said a military spokesman.

“In addition, the President has ordered the suspension of Import Tax Adjustment levy on certain vehicles.”