Tag: Tukur Buratai
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JUST IN: Buratai charges troops to get Shekau dead or alive
The Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai, has again charged troops to capture Abubakar Shekau, the factional leader of the Boko Haram terrorists group, alive or dead. Buratai gave the charge at Camp Zairo, the former Command and Control Centre of the terrorists group in the Sambisa forest during an operational visit to troops.…
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JUST IN: Lt.-Gen. Buratai losses father, Yusuf Buratai
Alhaji Yusuf Buratai, the father of Lt.-Gen Tukur Buratai, the Chief of Army Staff (COAS) is dead. Brig.-Gen. Sani Kukasheka, the Director, Army Public Relations, confirmed the death in a statement issued on Friday in Maiduguri. Kukasheka stated that Yusuf Buratai, an ex-serviceman, died on Friday morning. He added that “this is to inform you…