Chief Of Army Staff Visits Troops In The Frontline.

Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lieutenant Keneth Tobiah Jacob Minimah, paid an operational and morale boosting visit to troops in the frontline fighting war against Boko Haram terrorists groups in Borno and Adamawa States. During the visit, he addressed and encouraged the troops of 7 Division Strike Group (7 DSG) and 121 Special Force (SF) Battalion that comprised the Armed Forces and Nigerian Army Special Forces located in Pulka, 26 Task Force Brigade in Gwoza, 28 Task Force Brigade and 174 Battalion in Mubi. 

In Pulka, the Commander, 7 DSG, Lieutenant Colonel Umar Faruq Abubakar and the Commanding Officer of 121 SF Battalion, Lieutenant Colonel Murtala Danjuma Abdulsalam briefed him on their respective commands. He commended them for their performances. The COAS thereafter addressed the troops in which he said that he came to thank and commend them for their valor, courage and bravery, which turned the tide against the Boko Haram terrorists and their accomplishments thus far. The COAS informed the troops that the President and indeed the whole nation are proud of them. He reiterated his determined effort to continue to support and encourage them and enjoined them to maintain the momentum. He also urged the gallant soldiers to be more dedicated, disciplined, professional and continue with the same zeal and determination till attainment of the set objective of locating and destroying Boko Haram camps and enclaves.

While in Mubi, the COAS was received by the Commander 28 Task Force Brigade, Brigadier General Victor Ezugwu and the Commanding Officer, 174 Battalion, Lieutenant Colonel MA Sadiq who briefed him respectively. In his address to the troops, he told them that he was in Mubi to inform them that the Nigerian Army is proud of them for their unprecedented accomplishment that also turned the public opinion and perception of the military among Nigerians after humiliation by the terrorists. He also stated that the President, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Nigeria being a retired senior Army officer, was embarrassed by the cowardice behaviour of some soldiers, but today, he is pleased with them. Adding that  what they accomplished in recent weeks had brought international recognition and rekindled national pride.