Insurgency: Troops eliminate terrorists’ top Commanders, 48 others in Zamfara Insurgency: Troops eliminate terrorists’ top Commanders, 48 others in Zamfara
•Rescue 18 hostages, recover cache of arms
May 10, 2021
FILE PHOTONigerian Advanced infantry training has significant implications outside of on-the-ground tactical maneuvers. This bilateral military-to-military training carries diplomatic weight showcasing the U.S. s commitment to its African partners and Nigeria s commitment to countering violent extremist organizations.
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The Nigerian Army High Command, on Monday, said its soldiers fighting the anti banditry war in the North West region of the country have killed 48 Terrorists and rescued 18 persons held hostage in the first phase of its newly launched Operation Tsare Mutane, to flush out the criminals.
Nigerians not in position to assess new service chiefs –Femi Adesina
Femi Adesina, the Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to
the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), says Nigerians are not
in position to assess the competence or suitability of the new service chiefs
appointed by his principal.
“You and I would not be able to assess them because we are
civilians. To use the word of the military, we are bloody civilians. We would
not know. So, we are not in a position to assess these service chiefs and why
they were appointed,” Adesina said Tuesday on Channels Television’s Politics
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A former Theatre Commander of operation Lafiya Dole, Major General Ibrahim Attahiru, who was removed by the Nigerian Army High Command for failing to stop Boko Haram in 2017, has been elevated to the position of Chief of Army Staff by the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.).
The BBC had reported in 2017 how the then Chief of Army Staff, Lt.Gen Tukur Buratai, had given Attahiru 40 days to capture Boko Haram leader, Abubakar Shekau, dead or alive. Attahiru’s failure to live up to expectations saw him being removed without any posting.
Attahiru’s tenure as theatre commander was characterised by several failures and a spike in terrorist attacks.