The Nigerian Army says calm has been restored to the Maiduguri International Airport following  Sunday’s protest by some soldiers of the Special Strike Forces in Operation Lafiya Dole.

They also claim to have taken charge of the recent act of mutiny by some troops battling the Boko Haram sect in the North-East who had protested against their posting to Marte Local Government Area in northern Borno.

Confirming the development through a statement he issued on Monday, the Deputy Director Public Relations, Theatre Command, Operation Lafiya Dole, Colonel Onyema Nwachukwu said calm had since returned as the Theatre Commander, Major General Abba Dikko had promptly taken charge of the situation after addressing and admonishing the troops.

“The Theatre Command yesterday witnessed a riotous reaction from a few unscrupulous troops while conducting a redeployment of troops who are currently deployed at the Maiduguri Airport, following a directive to review troops’ deployment in Maiduguri metropolis in a bid to reinvigorate the security architecture of the city.

“The redeployment became expedient after a recent assessment of the security situation by the Theatre Command. Regrettably however, a few of the troops who had misunderstood the development and erroneously assumed it was going to negatively affect their rotation from the theatre of operation became agitated and reacted by firing into the air.

“Calm has, however, been restored, as the Theatre Commander, Major General Abba Dikko has promptly taken charge of the situation after addressing and admonishing the troops,” the statement said.