Buratai, in a remark at a security stakeholders’s meeting on Thursday in Wukari, Taraba State, said restoring moral values to youths was crucial to addressing crime and increasing rate of insecurity in the society.
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Other army formations in the state are the 35 Battalion in Katsina and a Forward Operation Base in Daura, while another battalion would soon be set up at Malumfashi and Funtua, respectively.
Governor Umaru Al-Makura announced the donation when he received the Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai, who paid him a courtesy visit in Lafia.
Bello made the appeal when the Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai, formally launched the Exercise Ayem Akpatuma – Cat Race at Guma Local Government Area of Benue.
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.
Governor Abdulazeez Yari, the Chairman of the forum who led the delegation to observed prayer session for the reposed of the soul of the deceased, described the death as a great loss to all Nigerians.
News Agency of Nigeria reports that hundreds of people attended the fidau prayer observed for the repose of the soul of the deceased.
The senate president described the late Buratai as “a true Nigerian who contributed immensely to the development of his country during his lifetime and left behind a legacy of selfless service, discipline and hard work”.
War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. The decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks that nothing is worth war is much worse. The person who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his safety, is a miserable creature and has no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself.
Buhari’s condolence message is contained in a statement issued by Femi Adesina, the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, in Abuja on Friday.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the remains of Buratai were buried at the Gwange cemetery in Maiduguri.
Brig.-Gen. Sani Kukasheka, the Director, Army Public Relations, confirmed the death in a statement issued on Friday in Maiduguri.
As an African, I know forests are both cherished, but also dreadful at a tender age. They are harbingers of good; but also, overshadowing evil, like weird evil spirits. My beloved late granny told us, this much, each time, the family sat beside, the warm evening fire, for moonlight tales in a village on the Mambila Plateau. She was a living repository or encyclopaedia of the rich African heritage in folklore.
Buratai, represented by the Commander, Infantry Corps, Maj.-Gen. Lamidi Adeosun, gave the warning on Saturday at the graduation ceremony of officers who underwent a Regimentation and Leadership training of the 64 RC and SSC 44 course at the 20 Infantry Battalion Serti, Taraba.
Buratai said this at the official inauguration of the Nigerian Army Farms and Ranch and Presentation of Farm Implements to the Army by the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Audu Ogbeh, in Giri on Tuesday.
The group, while addressing the press on the success recorded by the Nigerian army in the fight against the extremists in Kaduna on Sunday, said the voluntary release of a Chibok girl by Boko Haram and release of 700 captives from the sect’s custody were clear indications that the army was on course.
Buratai made the declaration at a special service to commemorate the 2018 Armed Forces Remembrance Day held at ST Bartholomew’s Military Church, Maimalari Cantonment, Maiduguri, Borno State.
Buratai gave the assurance while addressing troops of the 8 Division at Monguno, headquarters of Monguno Local Government Area of Borno State.
Buratai was named as the Africa Man of the Year, while the Nigerian Army won the Best Institution of the Year 2017 for the supreme sacrifices and relentless efforts of its officers and men to clear the country of not only the Boko Haram insurgents but all forms of criminal elements for citizens to coexist peacefully.
The Army, it will be recalled, had also partnered with shoe makers in Aba to acquire boots for its men and officers.