– The chief of army staff, Lieutenant General
Tukur Yusufu Buratai led a delegation of
senior officers to Colombia
– Colombian chief of army staff, General
Albert Jose Mejia briefed Nigerian COAS and
his delegation
– Nigerian COAS and his delegation went on a
tour of Colombia military formations
The chief of army staff (COAS), Lieutenant
General Tukur Yusufu Buratai, a relentless effort
to end insurgency ravaging the Northeastern
part of Nigeria, has led a delegation of senior
officers to Colombia to inspect major military
formations and institutions of the Armed
Forces of the country.
COAS, Lt Gen Tukur Buratai, in a hand shake
with the Colombian Army Chief, Gen Albert
Jose Mejia, during the visit
This was contained in a statement issued
today, February 4, by Colonel Sani Kukasheka
Usman, acting director army public relations, a
copy obtained by Naij.com.
The COAS who is embarking on his first visit to
the country since his assumption of office said
the purpose is to offer the delegation an
opportunity to inter-face with the Colombian
Armed Forces on their efforts so far in
resolving insurgency and possible lessons for
the Nigerian Army.
COAS, Lt Gen Tukur Buratai, presenting a
souvenir to the Colombian Army Chief, Gen
Albert Jose Mejia, during the visit
It was contained in the statement that
Lieutenant General Buratai and his delegation
on arrival at the Colombian Army Headquarters
were well received by the Colombian Chief of
Army Staff, General Albert Jose Mejia.
General Mejia briefed the COAS and his
entourage on different categories of operations
by his country’s army and compared what his
country is going through and that of Nigeria in
justifying the visit of the Nigerian COAS.
The Colombian COAS brief were highlighted as
follows; the 50 year war against the
Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia and
other insurgent groups that have culminated in
the ongoing peace talks, the deliberate effort
by the Colombian military to unravel the
identity of the various insurgent groups which
composed of support groups, political groups,
core fighting groups, leading to the
decapitation of key leaders of the insurgents,
the establishment of joint operations, emphasis
on civil- military cooperation to win the hearts
and minds of the local population in areas
where government presence were non-existent,
among others.
COAS, Lt Gen Tukur Buratai (5th left),
Colombian Army Chief, Gen Albert Jose Mejia
(6th right), senior officers and other dignitaries
in a group photograph
General Mejia after the briefing took the
Nigerian COAS and his delegation on a tour of
his country’s formations, military institutions,
aviation unit and the Engineer Corps of the
Colombian Armed Forces.
Colombian army is believed to be very tactical
in fight against insurgency as the country has
been battling armed insurgency in the last 50
years.
It is pertinent to mention that Lieutenant
General Buratai’s visit to Colombia was aimed
at brainstorming with his Colombian counterpart
on the most suitable strategies to curb
insurgency in Nigeria.
The Nigerian soldiers have been on the trail of
Boko Haram members, killing thousands of
them in a foiled attack as well as chasing them
out of their alleged captured territories in parts
of the country.
The war against insurgency would have been
over by now according to the general officer
(GOC) commanding 3 Division of the Nigerian
Army, Brigadier General Musa Aliyu, who
revealed that the war is been delayed because
terrorists are hiding among innocent Nigerians
because they no longer have a defined territory
in the country.
The destructive activities of the terrorist group
so far is expected to cost the Federal
Government a fortune as Retired Lt.-Gen.
Theophilus Danjuma, who is the c hairman,
presidential committee on Northeast initiative,
on Wednesday, February 3 at the
commencement of a two-day security seminar,
organised in Abuja, by the Alumni Association
of the National Defence College, revealed that a
whooping sum of N2 trillion is needed in the
short-term to rebuild areas destroyed by the
Boko Haram insurgency in the Northeastern
part of Nigeria.
Tukur Yusufu Buratai led a delegation of
senior officers to Colombia
– Colombian chief of army staff, General
Albert Jose Mejia briefed Nigerian COAS and
his delegation
– Nigerian COAS and his delegation went on a
tour of Colombia military formations
The chief of army staff (COAS), Lieutenant
General Tukur Yusufu Buratai, a relentless effort
to end insurgency ravaging the Northeastern
part of Nigeria, has led a delegation of senior
officers to Colombia to inspect major military
formations and institutions of the Armed
Forces of the country.
COAS, Lt Gen Tukur Buratai, in a hand shake
with the Colombian Army Chief, Gen Albert
Jose Mejia, during the visit
This was contained in a statement issued
today, February 4, by Colonel Sani Kukasheka
Usman, acting director army public relations, a
copy obtained by Naij.com.
The COAS who is embarking on his first visit to
the country since his assumption of office said
the purpose is to offer the delegation an
opportunity to inter-face with the Colombian
Armed Forces on their efforts so far in
resolving insurgency and possible lessons for
the Nigerian Army.
COAS, Lt Gen Tukur Buratai, presenting a
souvenir to the Colombian Army Chief, Gen
Albert Jose Mejia, during the visit
It was contained in the statement that
Lieutenant General Buratai and his delegation
on arrival at the Colombian Army Headquarters
were well received by the Colombian Chief of
Army Staff, General Albert Jose Mejia.
General Mejia briefed the COAS and his
entourage on different categories of operations
by his country’s army and compared what his
country is going through and that of Nigeria in
justifying the visit of the Nigerian COAS.
The Colombian COAS brief were highlighted as
follows; the 50 year war against the
Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia and
other insurgent groups that have culminated in
the ongoing peace talks, the deliberate effort
by the Colombian military to unravel the
identity of the various insurgent groups which
composed of support groups, political groups,
core fighting groups, leading to the
decapitation of key leaders of the insurgents,
the establishment of joint operations, emphasis
on civil- military cooperation to win the hearts
and minds of the local population in areas
where government presence were non-existent,
among others.
COAS, Lt Gen Tukur Buratai (5th left),
Colombian Army Chief, Gen Albert Jose Mejia
(6th right), senior officers and other dignitaries
in a group photograph
General Mejia after the briefing took the
Nigerian COAS and his delegation on a tour of
his country’s formations, military institutions,
aviation unit and the Engineer Corps of the
Colombian Armed Forces.
Colombian army is believed to be very tactical
in fight against insurgency as the country has
been battling armed insurgency in the last 50
years.
It is pertinent to mention that Lieutenant
General Buratai’s visit to Colombia was aimed
at brainstorming with his Colombian counterpart
on the most suitable strategies to curb
insurgency in Nigeria.
The Nigerian soldiers have been on the trail of
Boko Haram members, killing thousands of
them in a foiled attack as well as chasing them
out of their alleged captured territories in parts
of the country.
The war against insurgency would have been
over by now according to the general officer
(GOC) commanding 3 Division of the Nigerian
Army, Brigadier General Musa Aliyu, who
revealed that the war is been delayed because
terrorists are hiding among innocent Nigerians
because they no longer have a defined territory
in the country.
The destructive activities of the terrorist group
so far is expected to cost the Federal
Government a fortune as Retired Lt.-Gen.
Theophilus Danjuma, who is the c hairman,
presidential committee on Northeast initiative,
on Wednesday, February 3 at the
commencement of a two-day security seminar,
organised in Abuja, by the Alumni Association
of the National Defence College, revealed that a
whooping sum of N2 trillion is needed in the
short-term to rebuild areas destroyed by the
Boko Haram insurgency in the Northeastern
part of Nigeria.
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