Abubakar stated this during the special Eid-el-Kabir feast organised for the front-line troops at the NAF Base, Yola, Adamawa State.
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Buratai said the visit was part of his effort to encourage the personnel who were wounded while fighting in various theatres of operation in the North East and North West.
The Coordinator, Defence Media Operations, Major General John Enenche, disclosed this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja.
Buhari said: “This latest cowardly attack on the UN humanitarian helicopter is yet another desperate rear guard action by the Boko Haram terrorists who have been under intense pressure from the Nigerian military.
The President stated this on Wednesday in a statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu.
The Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Tukur Buratai, on Monday updated President Muhammadu Buhari on the successes recorded in the fight against insurgency in the North East, saying 1,429 insurgents were neutralised in the last two months.
Buratai, who made this known after updating the President on the ongoing military operations against terrorist groups, revealed that 116 Boko Haram informants were also apprehended.
He said: “The troops are putting in their best and that has resulted in the tremendous successes we are recording.
“The fight is still ongoing and over 1,429 of this Boko Haram terrorists have been neutralised and we have arrested over 166 Boko Haram terrorists informants, their spies, couriers on logistics and their coordinators in the villages, the towns and even the forest.
“So, this is a tremendous achievement.
“Our intelligence corps along with the Department of State Services and of course our good friends, the Civilian Joint Task Force, have worked very hard to see that this is achieved and I assure you that things will continue to improve as the days go by.”
Buratai, who has been at the theatre of war in the North East for the past two months, said the President was pleased with the performance of the nation’s troops in the battle fields.
He said: “I came in from the North East just a day ago and it behooves on me to brief the President on what transpired there during the two months I stayed there.
“I have given him details of what the troops are doing and what we have achieved as well as what we intend to achieve in the nearest future.
“So far so good.
“Even before I came, the President has been getting reports on what is happening in the North East.
“So, with this brief that I gave him this morning, it is further confirmation of what he has been receiving and so far.”
Buratai expressed the readiness of the military to continue to deal with the situation, not only in the North East, but all other parts of the country.
“Tremendous success has been achieved and we are very happy with what is going on, the morale of the troops in the trenches is very high at the moment, and their loyalty and commitment is not in doubt.
“Surely, you will agree with me that the troops’ morale is very high.
“It is something of trust, something of confidence and something that will raise the spirit of any officer or soldier when he sees his Chief of Army Staff in the trenches along with him.
“This has raised the morale of the troops and has also made them to put in their best and that is what has resulted in us doing so well and it’s still on going.”
The Chief of Army Staff, who announced that he would soon return to the battle fields to complete the fight against the insurgents, said the military would continue to tackle all forms of security challenges in collaboration with all other security agencies.
He lauded the efforts and loyalty of the officers and men of the Nigerian Army.
Buratai said: “We have very loyal and courageous officers and soldiers.
“While in the battle field there, some of them were even ready to take the bullet for me.
“So, I am very much impressed and happy with my officers and soldiers.
“This is to show the level of morale that they had while I was there and I will continue to be with them to raise their morale.”
Buratai said while commissioning the project that the establishment of the hospital would be of immense benefit, not only to the military, but also to the people of the North East.
The Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Tukur Buratai, disclosed this on Sunday when he hosted the troops of Operation Lafiya Dole to Eid-El-Fitr luncheon at Military Control and Command Centre in Maiduguri, Borno State.
The Defence Headquarters has disclosed that 11 members Islamic States of West Africa Province terrorists have surrendered to the troops of Operation Lafiya Dole in North East.
This is in continuation of the efforts at ensuring the final defeat of terrorists Boko Haram/ISWAP in the region.
Nigerian Army troops of Operation Lafiya Dole have inflicted devastating defeat on Boko Haram and Islamic State of West Africa Province terrorists in the North East.
Governor Mai-Mala Buni of Yobe State has said the North East region was going through a hard time, but it will bounce back.
The Nigerian Army says more Boko Haram and Islamic State of West African Province terrorists have surrendered to the troops of Operation Lafiya Dole in the North East.
The National Democratic Front has cautioned the French Ambassador to Nigeria, Jerome Pasquier, to quit making utterances capable of undermining Nigeria’s progress against terrorism.
The sacrifices of Medecins Sans Frontieres (Doctors Without Borders) in conflict areas in Nigeria are well appreciated, President Muhammadu Buhari has said.
While the Boko Haram insurgents hit soft targets, the Nigerian military has continued to push to stop the terrorists. Recently, Nigeria’s Army Chief, Lieutenant General Tukur Buratai, optimistically declared that the military has won the war against insurgency as the Boko Haram militants do not control any territory in Nigeria again.
The Defence Headquarters has told Amnesty International to put an end to its reckless distortion of facts in its desperate bid to satisfy its puppeteers by undermining Nigeria’s Military campaign against terrorism in the North East.
The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Slyva, has said about one billion barrels of crude oil have been discovered in the North East of Nigeria.
The Minister, who spoke in Abuja on Saturday, also explained that the ministry world strive to rehabilitate and minimise the effect of the attacks on the victims.
The students body made the call on Friday in Jos, Plateau State during a peaceful protest against the murder of Daciya Dalep, a 200 level Biology/Education student of the University of Maiduguri, by Boko Haram insurgents.