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Nigerian Army trains 223 officers in Bangladesh

The Chief of Army Staff Lt Gen Tukur Buratai has disclosed that 223 officers of the Nigerian Army have so far received trainings in various military institutions in Bangladesh which he attributed to the cordial bilateral relationship existing between both countries.

Buratai noted that being an alumni of the alumni of the National Defence University NDU, Bangladesh, he learnt valuable lessons from Bangladesh in the art of counter insurgency and counter terrorism warfare noting that such experience has contributed to the massive decapitation of Boko Haram and ISWAP terrorist in the North East by the Nigerian Army.

Buratai stated this he received the High Commissioner of Bangladesh, Mr. Mohammad Shammeen Ashan during a courtesy visit at Army headquarters,

The COAS noted that his sojourn in Nepal during the period exposed him to how efforts of the Bangladesh Defence forces combined to defeat the insurgents and criminals of the Chittagong Hills

Ben Idah

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