Tukur Buratai, chief of army staff, has approved the special promotion of 6,199 soldiers serving in Operation Lafiya Dole.
Sani Usman, army spokesman, who disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday, said the soldiers were promoted to ranks between lance corporal to warrant officer.
“The breakdown of the beneficiaries of the special promotion are as follows: staff sergeants – warrant officers –329; sergeants – staff sergeants –371; corporals – sergeants –707; lance corporals – corporals –1,290, and privates – lance corporals –3,502,” he said.
“The COAS congratulates the beneficiaries and urged them to increase the tempo of the ongoing clearance operations of the Boko Haram terrorists in the north-east.”
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Hundreds of soldiers fighting Boko Haram have been killed in battle in the north-east. Abu Ali, a war hero, was killed by Boko Haram insurgents in November 2016. He was promoted posthumously from lieutenant colonel to colonel.
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