Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai has announced the creation of the Nigerian Army 8 Division located in Borno.
Gen Buratai said this while delivering a lecture titled: `Nigerian Army: Challenges and Future Perspectives’, at the National Defence College, Abuja.
He said the creation of the two new divisions were part of the strategic plan to boost military operations against terrorists particularly in areas around the Lake Chad Basin.
Although the details of the new divisions were not disclosed, Gen. Buratai said the division would soon become fully operational with logistics and manpower deployments.
He also disclosed that there are plans to establish another division to be known as the Nigerian Army 6 Division with Headquarters in the South-South region of the country.