Governor, Mallam Nasir Ahmed El-Rufai, on Thursday, January 12,
commended the Nigerian Army under the leadership of Lieutenant General
Tukur Yusufu Buratai, for its professionalism and dedication to duty
especially within the embattled northeastern region.
NTA reports, that the governor made the commendation when he paid a
courtesy call on the ........
Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lieutenant General
Tukur Yusufu Buratai at the Army Headquarters in Abuja.
Speaking further, he said that if not for the timely intervention of the
Army, the problem of the insecurity in the Southern part of Kaduna
State could have been worst.
He also eulogized the Army for decimating Boko
Haram terrorists and routing them out of their stronghold at Sambisa
forest, describing it as unprecedented.
Governor
El-Rufai applauded the efforts of 1 Division of the Nigerian Army in
tackling cattle rustlings, kidnappings and other forms of criminalities
in the State and appealed to the Army authority to establish more
formations in Southern Kaduna, Birnin Gwari, and Anchau.

Responding, the COAS, Lieutenant General Tukur
Yusufu Buratai, thanked Governor El-RufaĆ for the visit, stressing that
the Nigerian Army would continue to discharge its duties according to
the Constitutional provision.
He further
disclosed that the President had approved the NA 2016 Order of Battle to
establish Army units in some parts of the State.
In a related development, El-Rufai has announced
the arrest of some of the perpetrators of the violent attacks in the
southern part of Kaduna state.
The governor made the announcement during a visit to the office of the state commissioner of police, Agyle Abeh.
Nigerian
Bulletin reports that though the names of the arrested suspects were
not made public, El-Rufai vowed that the state government would make
sure that all those involved in the attacks were brought to justice.
The governor also said that acts of criminality and lawlessness would never be condoned.
He called on citizens of the state to embrace peace and tolerate one another for the interest of peace and development.
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