Army will now go after insurgents offensively – Buratai

The Acting Chief of Army Staff, Major General Tukur Buratai, Friday, said the Nigerian Military would adopt offensive disposition to eradicate the menace of insurgents in the country.

Buratai stated this at the combined graduation of 105 personnel under the Basic Air bone Course 37 and Basic Rigger Course 23 at Jaji, Kaduna State.

"The era of waiting in defensive position for criminals to come and attack and runaway must stop.
"We must take the battle to them and dislodge them wherever they are.


"In line with these, we must learn to adopt offensive disposition and respond quickly and appropriately to all situations, taking into cognizance our rules of engagement.

"In view of our current challenges, our primary assignment in contributing our quota to national service is inline with my vision to strive towards eradicating the menace of terrorism from our nation."

According to Buratai, the Airborne Course is one of the Special Forces Courses, whose activities he had always followed with keen interest.

"This underlines my utmost desire to ensure the continuous improvement of the Airborne training in the Nigerian Army.

Source: dailypost Nigeria
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