The Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai (right), briefs newsmen after delivering a lecture at the National Defence College in Abuja yesterday. With him are the college’s Commandant, Rear Admiral Samuel Alade (middle) and Chief of Training and Operations, Army Headquarters, Maj.-Gen. Yushau Abubakar.

The Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Lt. General Tukur Buratai yesterday announced the establishment of two more army Divisions to bolsters its operational capabilities in fighting insurgency and maintaining the nation’s territorial integrity. Buratia said the army is to establish the 8 Division in northern Borno State, and another 6 Division in the South-South region of the country.


The Army Chief made this known in a lecture he delivered at the National Defence College in Abuja titled: “Nigerian Army: Challenges and Future Perspectives.” He explained that the new 8 Division to be established in the northern part of Borno State is to bolster ongoing military operation to stop the menace of Boko Haram insurgency in the Lake Chad Basin region.

The Nigerian Army in August 2013 established the 7th Division headquartered in Maiduguri to improve counter insurgency operations in the northeast. It also entered a multinational joint task force agreement with member countries of the Lake Chad Basin Commission headquartered in N’Djamena Chad republic. The army also put in place a Theater Commander to coordinate the activities of counter terrorism initiatives on “Operation Zaman Lafiya Dole” in the North East.
Although, some member countries of the Lake Chad Basin Commission have deployed troops to their designated sectors, it was gathered that some sectors have remained without the required deployment of troops. In 2016 alone, Buratai said 12, 000 more personnel would be recruited to provide the needed personnel envisaged after deployments have been made to the new Divisions.

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Nice one.. please establish inside sambisa

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am optimistic we are going to win this war

Indifferent to the news.. Hope their welfare are taken care of?



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ademega:
am optimistic we are going to win this war

The war has been won already cos 'boko haram has been tactically defeated' according to Lai Muhammed.

good move , the south south needs a division