Soldiers Must Be Decisive In The Fight Against Boko Haram – COAS

The Chief of Army Staff, Major General Faruk Yahaya has come out to charge troops of Operation Hadin Kai to be decisive in the fight against Boko Haram.

He recently revealed this via a statement by the Director Army Public Relations, Onyema Nwachukwu, and Nigerians have been reacting.

According to him, he is happy with the level of discipline and commitment to duty exhibited by troops of the sector, and they must remain decisive in all operational engagements.

He added that the soldiers must sustain the aggressive tempo of the operations to keep Nigeria’s flag flying.

His words, “General Faruk Yahaya lauded the level of discipline and commitment to duty exhibited by troops of the Sector. He, however, admonished them to be apolitical, decisive and circumspect in all their operational engagements.”

“General Yahaya tasked both officers and soldiers of the Sector to conduct decisive offensive operations against the terrorist groups marauding in the theatre of operation.”

“He charged them to sustain the aggressive tempo of the operations and keep the flag flying, in order to bring insurgency to an end in the northeast.”

“The COAS was accompanied during the tour by the Chief of Operations (Army) Major General Ibrahim Yusuf, Theatre Commander Operation Hadin Kai, Major General Christopher Musa, the Provost Marshal (Army) Major General Robert Aiyenigba, Chief of Military Intelligence (Army) Brigadier General Danladi Salihu, Maritime Component Commander OPHK Commodore Richard Shammah, among other principal staff officers.”