The Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen.Tukur Buratai, has said President
Muhammadu Buhari, who is the Commander-In-Chief of the Nigerian Armed
Forces, will not be at this year’s Nigerian Army Small Arms Championship
holding in the Sambisa forest to consolidate the army’s grip on the
area on Monday.
He said the president would be represented at the opening of the event by the Minister of Defense, Alhaji Mansur Dan-Ali.
Buratai announced this while speaking with newsmen on the final arrangements for the event on Saturday in Maiduguri.
“We
have been in the North East, fighting the Boko Haram terrorists, and
you know the significance of the Sambisa forest to them.
“It used
to be one of their centres; in fact, we suspect that their command and
control centre was located there before its eventual capture,’’ the COAS
said.
He
added that following the eventual capture of camp zairo, the Army
wanted to consolidate its operations by ensuring that the place was
secured.
“We also want the place to be dominated by our troops and
also to get firm control, so that we will continue to dominate the
area’’.
Buratai said that the championship was part of the
training activities of the Nigerian Army, aimed at sharpening
marksmanship of its personal.
“The Nigerian Army Small Arms Championship is part of the training activities scheduled for 2017.
“It is a championship among the formations of the Nigerian Army.
“The objective of the event is to sharpen the marksmanship skills of the army personnel’’.
According
to Buratai, President Muhammadu Buhari, who is the Commander-In-Chief
of the Nigerian Armed Forces, will be represented at the opening of the
event on Monday by the Minister of Defense, Alhaji Mannsur Dan-Ali.
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