Tag: Buratai

Wike blasts military intimidation, denies rift

Aminu Imam
Wike blasts military

…Alleges Buratai’s 2019 election plot Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has condemned what he described as acts of intimidation by security personnel, while insisting he has no quarrel with the Nigerian military over a disputed plot of land in Abuja’s Gaduwa District. Speaking at a press conference yesterday in Abuja, Wike said the confrontation arose when soldiers allegedly attached to a former Chief of Naval Staff, Vice-Admiral Awwal Gambo (rtd), blocked officials of the FCT Department of Development Control from enforcing a stop-work order on Plot…

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“Buratai not attacked by terrorists” – Spokesman

Aminu Imam
Buratai spokesman

Ex-Chief of Army Staff and former Nigerian Ambassador to the Benin Republic, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai (rtd) has dismissed the report that he was attacked by Boko Haram terrorists in Borno State. In an issued statement by his spokesman and former Army spokesman, Brig.-Gen. Sani Usman (rtd) yesterday in Abuja, described the purported report of an attack on the General as “mischievous and utterly false”. According to him, the former Army Chief was not attacked in any way, contrary to what has been falsely reported by some online media outlets. He…

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Niger Coup: Buratai express support for Tinubu’s actions

Aminu Imam

Former Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-General Tukur Buratai (rtd), has revealed that the implications of the ugly trend in Niger Republic are not only crucial to ECOWAS but most importantly to Nigeria. Buratai, who delivered a timely security report days before the coup d’tat on why African Leaders should label coup as organised crime, opined that if Nigeria does not act decisively about the military intervention in Niger, the consequences will be more damaging to it. “The implications of the events in Niger Republic are very crucial to ECOWAS, especially…

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Porous borders, poverty responsible for organised crime – Buratai

Aminu Imam

A former Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant-General Tukur Buratai (rtd), has identified porous borders, poverty, unemployment, greed and the pursuit of personal gain, leading to the proliferation of criminal networks, as some of the reasons criminality persists in the country. Buratai stated this at a one-day International Conference organised by the Igbinedion University, in partnership with the Buratai Centre for Contemporary Security Affairs, yesterday in Abuja. The former Chief of Army Staff, at the event, which had as its theme: Organised Crime Network as Emergent Threats to National Security, also…

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N1.8bn Loot: ‘Recall Buratai for investigation’, PDP tasks Buhari

Aminu Imam

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has called for the recall and investigation of former Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai (rtd), over the alleged recovery of N1.8 billion property in Abuja by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, (ICPC). Buratai, now Nigerian ambassador to Benin Republic, was named in connection with the recovered property. The Party, in an issued statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Debo Ologunagba, called on President Muhammadu Buhari to order the ambassadors immediate recall to clear his name over the…

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Buratai presents apartment to 85-year-old retired soldier evicted by El-Rufai

Ishaku Yohanna

Nigerias Chief of Army Staff, Tukur Buratai, has donated a three-nedroom flat to an 85-year-old retired staff sergeant of the Nigerian Army, Paul Ojo, who was forcefully evicted from his residence by the police and officials of the Kaduna State Government. General Officer Commanding 1 Division, U.S Mohammed, who made the donation on behalf Buratai on Tuesday in Kaduna, said the Chief of Army Staff got the informationn about the circumstances that led to the eviction of Ojo as reported by SaharaReporters. Buratai, who was said to have been touched…

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Major shake-up hits Nigerian Army Buratai redeploys 37 Generals, five Colonels

Ishaku Yohanna

The Nigerian Army has approved new postings and appointments of 37 generals and five colonels to different formations and units across the country. The Acting Director, Army Public Relations, Sagir Musa, disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja. According to Musa, the postings which were approved by the Chief of Army Staff, Tukur Buratai, are a routine exercise intended to reinvigorate the system for greater professional effectiveness and efficiency. The new postings are expected to take effect from July 20. Lucky Irabor was moved from Defence Headquarters Department…

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356 soldiers tender resignation to Buratai, cite loss of interest

Ishaku Yohanna

At least 356 soldiers have reportedly resigned from the Nigerian army, citing loss of interest as their reason. The soldiers, The PUNCH reports, are mostly from the north-east theatre of operation where the Boko Haram insurgency has persisted for more than a decade. Their ranks include master warrant officers, Warrant Officers, Staff Sergeants, Sergeants, Lance Corporals, Corporals and Privates. Although the Nigerian army denied the resignation which it describes as fake news via its Twitter handle, a military source, according to the TheCable, said the soldiers truly resigned. The source…

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