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Stop Egging On Insurgents With Your Comments, Buratai Tells Foreign Interests

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Stop Egging On Insurgents With Your Comments, Buratai Tells Foreign Interests

Stop Egging On Insurgents With Your Comments, Buratai Tells Foreign Interests

Chief of army staff, Tukur Buratai, has implored local and foreign interests to be mindful of there utterances when commenting on issues of national security and sovereignty.

Buratai said the army’s counter-insurgency in the middle east is yielding positive result

The army operations media coordinator, Aminu Iliyasu, in a statement on Monday, the army chief admonished those bodies to make sure their utterances are geared towards restoration of peace and tranquility.

“The chief of army staff Lieutenant General Tukur Yusufu Buratai has reassured Nigerians that the counter insurgency operations in the north-east and indeed other ongoing operations against our common enemies across the country are still on course with current indicators revealing tremendous successes across the various theatres of operation,” the statement read.

“After a careful review of the Nigerian Army operations in the north-east, it is pertinent to state that, Headquarters Nigerian Army has gladly observed the renewed zeal and determination by troops to take the counter insurgency operations to its logical conclusion with outcomes favourable to Nigeria and Nigerians as evident in the recent decimation of many Boko Haram/Islamic State West Africa Province criminals, including some of their top commanders amidst several arrests of the insurgents’ logistic suppliers and collaborators, numerous capture of the criminals’ arms and ammunition as well as rescue of many captives from the bondage of the insurgents.

“To this end, all local and foreign interests are advised to exhibit more commitment and restraint on issues of our national security and avoid taking sides. Furthermore, all actions and utterances must be tailored towards supporting the national cause with a view to restoring peace and tranquility to our beloved country.”

Buratai assured troops that their sacrifices and that of their fallen colleagues would never be in vain.

He also “warned all enemies of Nigeria and Nigerians who take delight in the suffering of our innocent citizens that the day of reckoning is at their door steps”.

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