Buratai visits troops in Zamfara

In commemoration of the 2019 Eid-el-Fitr celebration, Tukur Buratai, chief of army staff, paid an operational visit to headquarters 1 brigade of the Nigerian army and frontline troops of Operation HADARIN DAJI on Tuesday.

The troops are fighting kidnapping, cattle rustling, armed banditry and the varying forms of criminality in the north-western part of the country.

Represented by Lamidi Adeosun, chief of training and army operations, enjoined Muslim faithful to mark this year’s Eid Fitr prayer at the force headquarters of Operation HADARIN DAJI in Gusua, Zamfara state.

Adeosun later delivered Buratai’s goodwill message to the officers.

He commended the troops for their dedication, sacrifices and loyalty to the Nation.

He urged them to remain steadfast in the ongoing efforts to checkmate insurgency, banditry and other associated insecurities in Nigeria.

He later proceeded to the front line on operational visit to troops deployed at the forward operation base (FOB) Kauran Namoda, Operation HADARIN DAJI in Zamfara.

He used to opportunity to interact with troops while boosting their morale by charging them to defeat all forms of criminality especially armed banditry in their area of responsibility (AOR).

He also assured troops of enhancement in their welfare package and remuneration.