The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai, has said not less than 1,429 Boko Haram terrorists had been eliminated in the last two...
The Chief of Army Staff , Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai, has said not less than 1,429 Boko Haram terrorists had been eliminated in the last two months that he physically joined the operations in the Northeast.
“The troops are putting in their best and that has resulted in the tremendous successes we are recording. The fight is still ongoing and over 1429 of this Boko Haram terrorists have been neutralised and we have arrested over 166 Boko Haram terrorists informants, their spies, couriers on logistics and their coordinators in the villages, the towns and even the forest.
“I came in form the North-East just a day ago and it behoves on me to brief the President on what transpired there during the two months I stayed there. I have given him details of what the troops are doing and what we have achieved as well as what we intend to achieve in the nearest future. “Surely you will agree with me that the troops’ morale is very high; it is something of trust, something of confidence, and something that will raise the spirit of any officer or soldier when he sees his Chief of Army Staff in the trenches a long with him.
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