The Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General
Tukur Buratai, made a public show of the
suspected terrorists in Maiduguri on
Wednesday at the closing ceremony of a
three-day engagement, organised for Army
Public Relations Officers from across
Nigeria.
‘Winning The War’
The Army Chief said that troops on the front
lines were doing all they could to put an
operational end to the counter terrorism war.
Lieutenant General Buratai, however, said
that the insurgents had been greatly
decimated, assuring Nigerians that ‘the
Army is winning the war’.
He, nonetheless, stressed the need for the
recognition of the sacrifices being made by
federal troops on the front lines.
Lieutenant General Buratai urged Nigerians to
show patriotism and support the efforts of
the Nigerian military by providing information
that would lead to the arrest of suspected
insurgents.
He also said that the December deadline
required the cooperation of all Nigerians to
achieve the desired results.
President Muhammad Buhari had in August
given the army a three-month ultimatum to
end insurgency in the north-east which was
later extended to December 2015.
