The Chief of Defence Staff, General Lucky Irabor, on Sunday paid his first operational visit to the Theatre Command in Maiduguri.
He was accompanied by the Chief of Army Staff, Major General Ibrahim Attahiru; Chief of Air Staff, Air Vice Marshal Isiaka Amao; and the Chief of Naval Staff, Rear Admiral Awwal Gambo.
Irabor, along with his team, was received by Major General Farouq Yahaya, Theatre Commander, Operation Lafiya Dole; Major General Abdul Khalifa, the General Officer Commanding, 7 Division of the Nigerian Army; and other principal staff officers of the Military Command and Control Centre at the Headquarters of the Air Task Force.
Abdul Khalifa told the News Agency of Nigeria in an interview that the CDS would be meeting with the Service Chiefs, Theatre Commander, Operation Lafiya Dole, Chiefs of Training and Operations from the Defence Headquarters, Army, Navy, Air Force and other field commanders, where they would be briefed on recent operations in the theatre as it relates to Boko Haram and the Islamic State for West Africa Province.
Khalifa said the Service Chiefs would also pay courtesy visits to the Shehu of Borno, Alhaji Abubakar Umar Ibn-Garbai, and Governor Babagana Zulum of Borno State.