BY NDAHI MARAMA,
THE Chief of Army Staff, Major General Tukur Buratai on Sunday continued his tour to the troubled Borno state which has been ravaged by activities of Boko Haram where he launched another operational code in Konduga Local Government Area’s tagged in Hausa ‘ Operation ‘Zaman Lafiya Dole’ ( Operation living in peace is a must).
Buratai said he took time to spent the sallah holiday in Borno and Yobe states so as to meet with troops who have sacrificed their lives in the fight against Boko Haram insurgents in the north east sub region. From letf, Chief of Army Staff, Major General Tukur Buratai, Deputy Governor of Borno State, Alhaji Zannah Umar Mustapha and other service Chiefs during the familiarization visit of military formations at Konduga Local Government Area of Borno Maiduguri troubled Borno State yesterday ( Sunday). The Chief of Army Staff, who was accompanied by the Deputy Governor, Alhaji Zannah Umar Mustapha and other Service Chiefs to 103 battalion Konduga appealed to the troops and other security agencies as well as the general public to collaborate with one another to end the menace of Boko Haram and other criminal activities in the region and the country as a whole. He emphasized that without cooperation, determination and discipline among all and sundry, it would be difficult to defeat terrorism, and therefore solicited the necessary support from the troops to crush insurgents. His words; “The ongoing activities of Boko Haram is assuming an alarming dimensions in Borno and other parts of the north east, we will not tolerate the killing of citizens and destruction of property, in as much as we urged you (troops) to adhere strictly to human rights abuses, the time to crush Boko Haram and other criminal activities in this country is now or never. ” As Chief of Army Staff, I will be actively involved in this ‘Operation Zaman Lafiya Dole’ to end the madness of Boko Haram if I will have your collective maximum support and cooperation. “My doors will always remain open to all of you for constructive criticism and advices towards restoration of peace in this part of the country. “Therefore, we are here to identify with you and to officially inform you that as from today henceforth, we have changed our Operational Code from Operation Zaman Lafiya to ‘ Operation Zaman Lafiya Dole’. Buratai informed the troops. Earlier in his address, the Deputy Governor thanked the Army Chief and the General Officers Commanding 7 and 3 Divisions for taking their time to visit the state to see the gallant troops, and promised that the state government will continue to support the military and other security agencies in the fight against Boko haram have sacked almost 22 local government areas of the state with thousands of people mostly villagers killed and millions displaced.Vanguard
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