Defence Minister, Service
Defence Minister, Service Chiefs Visit Troops on the
Frontline
The Nigeria’s Defence Minister, Major General Bashir Magashi
(rtd) has visited the frontlines in the northeast and urged the
troops of the Multi-National Joint Taskforce to sustain the
military operations against insurgency.
The minister was accompanied on the trip by service chiefs
including Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Yusuf Buratai, Chief of Air
Staff, Air Marshall, Sadique Abubakar, Director of Defence training
and operations, Maj. Gen. Lucky Irabor and other top brass.
While addressing the troops comprising Nigeria and Chadian
contingents, General Magashi said, “The Commander in Chief of Armed
Forces, Muhammadu Buhari asked me to convey his goodwill message to
all of you for your doggediness, resilient and hard work you have
been putting in the northeast sector of our operations and he
wishes you best of luck in your future operations in this
sector.
“My purpose of coming here is to see all of you, to discuss with
our colleagues from Chad and to see how we can improve our
operational efficiency, we have discussed at length with their
officers, they have told us their problems and everything is needed
for you to improve in the conduct of this operations, so our prayer
is that all of you will continue with good works you have been
doing,” he said.
While commending the recent achievements of the Sector 3
Operation Lafiya Dole (OPLD) in eliminating dozens of terrorists in
the axis, the Minister urged the troops to remain steadfast and
sustain the tempo.
In his remarks, the Commander of the Sector 3 Operations Lafiya
Dole, Maj Gen. Abdulmalik Bulama Biu thanked the minister and his
entourage for visiting the frontlines to boost the morale of the
troops.
Biu said the sector had launched “Operation kamadougu link”
designed to totally eliminate Boko Haram from their hideout in
every part of the Lake Chad.
According to him, the Operations conducted in Northern Borno and
Tumbus traversing Niger and through Yobe corridors had yielded
successful clearance operations in several Boko Haram hideout.
The Sector Commander said the troops also destroyed notorious
terrorists enclaves in Duguri Arge around the Tumbus, Karere,
Gashigar, Arege, Metele and Malam fatori, in the fringes of Lake
chad, Borno state.
“The successful operations led to the killing of 37 Boko Haram
Fighters, recovery of four Guntrucks and dozens of other arms and
Ammunition,” he said.