The Chief of Army of Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai, has said there was no time for the chicken-hearted and cowards in the fight against insurgency.
He therefore charged the troops of the Special Forces to prove their superiority over the terrorists by making a positive impact in the ongoing counter-terrorism operations.
Buratai, who made the declaration in Maiduguri on Sunday, while addressing the Armed Forces Special Forces and Army Strike Group deployed in the North-East also challenged them to make the difference in fight using their superior training, urging them to brace up and be brave.
He reminded them that they were specially selected and posted to the North East due the special training they received adding, “That is why you are called Special Forces.”
He told them further: “You are deployed in the North-East to make a difference because of your special training. If there will be any challenge in terms of capacity, I believe you will fill that gap and you have all it takes to do that.
“If you apply the training that you are given, we all have cause to be proud to belong the armed forces of our great country.’’
“We have done the greatest job so far in the North-East; the greatest in terms of degrading the terrorists.
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“We are better trained, better equipped. We know tactics better than them and what is remaining for us is to dominate everywhere and dominate our areas of responsibilities.
“We must dominate the whole of the North-East.’’
The Chief of Army of Staff, declared: “The terrorists must no longer be allowed the freedom to move about and commit heinous crime and escape. They must be dealt with squarely. We must say no to their vain and invalid threats.
“Henceforth, there should be no dull moment in our operations. There should be no gap, but make a difference.’’
