The Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai, on Monday
said Sambisa forest would serve as training ground for personnel of the
Nigerian Army as from 2017.
Buratai said this in Damasak, Borno, while celebrating
Christmas with troops of 145 Battalion after the road leading to the town was
reopened by Gov. Kashim Shettima, three years after closure.
He said troops were already conducting a mop-up operation in
the forest after the last stronghold of the Boko Haram terrorists was captured.
“We are also opening up roads to Sambisa and Alagarno
forest. Sambisa forest is going to be one of our training grounds.
“I have already directed that we should conduct Nigerian
Army small arms championship in that forest Next year.
“And we are going to use it also to test fire our fighting
vehicles, other key equipment and weapons that requires testing whenever we
want to induct new weapon and equipment into the Nigerian army inventory.
“It will afford us very good ground for basic tactics and
indeed advance tactics, including but not limited to tactics at the Platoon,
company, battalion, Brigade and even division levels.
“We are going to make it more robust to make sure that these
criminals do not come back to that forest again.
No comments:
Post a Comment
All rights reserved. This material and any other material on this site may not be reproduced, published, broadcast, written or distributed in full or in part, without written permission from WISEMEN
<===============================================>
WISEMEN is highly honoured to have you as our esteemed reader.
You are encouraged to make comments to any post herein.
However, we shall not be responsible for use of foul language, it is against our professional ethics.
Help build a better Society!