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Destroy All Terrorists’ Enclaves ,Nigeria’s Army Chief Tasks Troops

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Nigeria’s Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Major General, Faruk Yahaya, has urged troops of Sector 2 Joint Task Force North East Operation Hadin Kai to destroy all Boko Haram and Islamic State West Africa Province terrorist enclaves in their various locations.

The Director, Army Public Relations, Brigadier General, Onyema Nwachukwu, in a statement, said that Yahaya gave the charge while addressing troops in Damaturu, Yobe State.

The COAS commended the troops for the successful conduct of various operations which include, Operation Ayiso Tamunoma, Katana Jimlan, Fire Ball and Operation Tura Takaibango among others.

He enjoined them to use their experiences from the series of operations to destroy the remnants of the marauding terrorists within their area of responsibility.

Yahaya assured them of improved welfare and a new reward system for troops who performed gallantly in any operation.

According to the statement, the Commander Sector 2 Operation Hadin Kai, Brigadier General Adamu Nura had earlier briefed the COAS on the operational engagements and challenges in the sector.

In a related development, the Army Chief also charged troops in the Theatre of Operation Hadin Kai (OPHK) to be decisive and alert in the fight against ISWAP and Boko Haram Terrorists in the North-East.

The COAS gave the charge while addressing troops of Sector 3 Operation Hadin Kai and Multinational Joint Task Force, Monguno in Borno State during his maiden operational tour of the Sector.

General Faruk Yahaya, who lauded the level of discipline and commitment exhibited by troops of the Sector to duty, admonished them to be apolitical, decisive and circumspect in all their operational engagements.

He charged them to sustain the aggressive tempo of the operations and keep the flag flying, in order to bring the insurgency to an end in the northeast.

The COAS was accompanied during the tour by the Chief of Operations (Army) Major General Ibrahim Yusuf, Theatre Commander Operation Hadin Kai, Major General Christopher Musa,  the Provost Marshal (Army) Major General Robert Aiyenigba, Chief of Military Intelligence (Army) Brigadier General Danladi Salihu, Maritime Component Commander OPHK Commodore Richard Shammah,  among other principal staff officers.

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