Tag: Tukur Buratai

  • How Lt. General Adeosun Saved Me – Chief of Army Staff

    How Lt. General Adeosun Saved Me – Chief of Army Staff

    Chief of Army Staff, Lt. General Tukur Buratai, on Monday, narrated how his deputy, Lt. General Lamidi Adeosun, the present Chief of Training and Operations, saved his life the first time he was ambushed in the North-East. Buratai spoke in Kuta, Osun state, during the commissioning of a bridge named after him constructed by the…

  • Army adopts spiritual warfare to counter insurgency —Buratai

    Army adopts spiritual warfare to counter insurgency —Buratai

    The Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai, has said that the Army has engaged in spiritual warfare to counter Boko Haram propaganda. Buratai, represented by Brig.-Gen. Timothy Olowomeye, the Director Civil Military Affairs, stated this at the 2019 Chaplains annual Training Conference and Retreat on Tuesday in Sokoto State. “We were involved…

  • We need Spiritual help to defeat Boko Haram — Buratai

    We need Spiritual help to defeat Boko Haram — Buratai

    The Chief of Army Staff, Lt Gen Tukur Buratai, has said that terrorism and terrorist groups could not be eliminated alone by the military unless religious bodies and organisations in the country come to the “forefront of this spiritual battle.” The army chief noted that the focus must be religious groups interfacing on addressing the…