He also assured troops that Muhammadu Buhari promised him to provide troops with everything needed to crush Boko Haram insurgency.
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He however informed the soldiers that “there is still more job to be done and we have to do this once and for all so that all of us can go back to our respective barracks and continue with our normal jobs and soldiers”.
Buratai said Nigerians can help in the fight against insurgency by providing credible information on the “hideouts and modus operandi” of Boko Haram, noting that it would aid the military’s quest to end terrorists activities in the North East region of the country before the end of this year.
The soldiers in advance however subdued the terrorists by killing five of them and arresting five others, who surrendered their arms.
This was shortly after the Boko Haram terrorists had ambushed an advance team of soldiers moving ahead of the COAS’ convoy.
The convoy later moved on to Ngala town where a large number of solders were met celebrating the liberation of the area.
The Lake Chad region has become increasingly unstable since 2013, with Boko Haram violence triggering a growing crisis. They were immediately arrested and sent back to Maiduguri. The convoy moved on to Dikwa, 85km away from Maiduguri, where Tukur Buratai addressed some 4000 refugees protected by troops, assuring them that their plights would soon come to an end due to tireless efforts of the Nigerian military. Lieutenant General Buratai ordered that the family should be conveyed in one of the vehicles to the hospital for proper medical attention.
The journey which lasted about three hours ended at Ngala, a border town where spiritied solders sand the praise of the chief of army staff for personally visiting them on the front line.
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The statement reads: “As part of the continued offensive operations against the Boko Haram terrorists, troops of 7 Brigade have today entered and cleared Gudumbali town, Kukawa Local Government Area of Borno State”.
