Insurgency War: General
Insurgency War: General Magashi Tours Militarily
Formations in North-East
The Minister of Defence, Maj Gen Bashir Salihi Magashi (rtd) was
on his maiden Operational visit to the Theatre Command Operation
LAFIYA DOLE where he was briefed by the Theatre Commander,
Operation LAFIYA DOLE Maj Gen OG Adeniyi on the state of the
operation.
The Minister commended the troops of the Nigerian Army for their
commitments and the obvious achievements recorded so far in the
fight to end the insurgency and assured them of the support of the
government of President Muhammadu Buhari in the area of providing
necessary logistics and platforms for the troops in the mission
area to crush the insurgency soon.
According to him, ” With the caliber of well trained,
experienced and committed senior officers that I see here, I have
no doubt that you are capable to effectively prosecute this war to
the end.
After the briefing, the minister was conducted to a tour of
selected locations at Magumeri where he inspected the ongoing
project at the Super Camp of the Special Forces Command in Chabbol
and visited Sector 3 Operation LAFIYA DOLE in Gubio where he
addressed the troops. According to the minister, “What we have now
compared to 2015 is an indication that a lot has been achieved. I
am here, on behalf of the President to let you know that we
appreciate you and we are with you and nobody has abondoned
you”.
“I wish you successful operations so that in no distant time we
will end this war”.
He assured the troops that whatever is needed to end the
insurgency, the Nigerian government is ready to provide to the
troops. “We will give you the best and the best is expected from
you” – he further stated while addressing the troops of the Sector
at Gubio Super Camp.
Maj Gen Bashir Magashi further charged the troops to carry out
their operations with utmost professionalism, loyalty and respect
for human rights.
The Minister and his entourage accompanied by the Chief of Army
Staff Lt Gen TY Buratai, representatives of the Chief of Defence
Staff, Chief of the Naval Staff and the Chief of the Air Staff as
well as Directors of Army and Airforce Ministry of Defence, Dr
Hassan Abdullahi and Mr Peter Ashibel Utsu also visited the wounded
troops at the 7 Division Military Hospital and Services in
Maimalari Cantonment on Sunday 1 September 2019.
Colonel Sagir Musa
Ag. Director, Army Public Relations