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How Boko Haram terrorists ambushed me in 2015 – Chief of Army Staff, Buratai
The Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Tukur Buratai, has recounted how Boko Haram terrorists ambushed him in 2015.
Buratai said his deputy, Lamidi Adeosun saved his life during the ambushed in the Northeast part of the country.
He disclosed this during the commissioning of a bridge constructed at Kuta, Osun State by the Nigeria Army Engineering Construct Regiment, Ede named after Buratai.
Adeosun, an indigene of Asamu in Osun State is the current Chief of Training and Operations.
“When I had the first ambush, he was with me in the vehicle, by my side and I could see the courage he exhibited. He was able to mobilise the troops to counter the bandits, the criminals, the terrorists out of the way.
“When I was appointed as the Chief of Army Staff, I met Lamidi Adeosun at the North-East, I met Adeosun as the commander of operations there and he started the rejigging processes of the Nigerian Army and we commenced our upward and progressive movement towards the technical defeat of Boko Haram,” he was quoted as saying.
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