Reports of Chief of Army Staff, Lt-Gen. Tukur Buratai’s Dubai property was shifted aside as the army chief inaugurated the Nigerian Army Resource Centre, in Abuja,
Speaking at the inauguration on Wednesday, Buratai said that the involvement of the army in operations to check insurgency, pipeline vandalism, cattle rustling, among others is stretching the force close to its limits.
He however added that in conjunction with sister agencies, the military would rid the country of “criminal elements operating in the guise of militants, terrorists”.
“The Nigerian Army Resource Centre is a vision that is anchored on the need to ensure that the army does not only participate in the ground battle, but indeed under all terrain to ensure that our adversaries are defeated wherever they are,” he said.
“As you are aware, Nigeria faces sundry security challenges, but our main focus has been in counter-insurgency operations in the north-east.
“The Nigerian army has been involved in operations to check militancy, pipeline vandalism, armed robbery, cattle rustling and inter-ethnic clashes among others.
“These myriad of security challenges have stretched us close to our limits.”