President Muhammadu Buhari has opted out of going to the Sambisa
Forest Nigerian Army Small Arms Championship on Monday, rather has
delegated the minister of defence Mansur Dan-Ali to represent him.
Chief of army staff, Tukur Buratai, disclosed this on Saturday in Maiduguri saying;
“We have been in the north-east, fighting the Boko Haram
terrorists, and you know the significance of the Sambisa forest to
them,”
“It used to be one of their centres; in fact, we suspect that their
command and control centre was located there before its eventual
capture.”
“We also want the place to be dominated by our troops and also to get
firm control, so that we will continue to dominate the area,”
“The Nigerian Army Small Arms Championship is part of the training activities scheduled for 2017,”
“It is a championship among the formations of the Nigerian Army.
“The objective of the event is to sharpen the marksmanship skills of the army personnel.
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