Meet The Man Who Conquered Boko Haram

Lt–Gen. Tukur Buratai: soldier and
historian, has a place in history. If
it’s correct that no list of the greatest
people of the 20th century is
complete without General George C
Marshall and that of the World War
II without Winston Churchill, the
world will remember Buratai as the
‘organiser of victory’ and ‘the last
great Nigerian soldier’ in the fight
against terrorism.

His choice by President Muhammadu
Buhari as the Chief of Army Staff
was spot on. Not because he hails
from the terrorism-ravaged state of
Borno, but because of the
professionalism and military
dispatch with which he carried out
the assignment of routing the
mindless Boko Haram that
slaughtered children, men and
women in the North-eastern part of
the country.

Courageously foxy, brutal in mien
and disposition and deliberate in the
deployment of troops, Buratai will
enter the pantheon of war heroes, if
as the Defence Headquarters said,
the expedition will be over before
the three months deadline given to
uproot the terrorists by President
Buhari.

Unlike his predecessors who barked
orders from the comfort zones of
their offices in Abuja or preferred to
grandstand in Aso Rock, Buratai was
on the field with the troops.
Wednesday morning, he led Nigerian
troops on a field inspection of the
recaptured strategic town of
Gamboru Ngala in Borno State,
crossing a bridge to Fatokol where a
huge crowd of Nigerians received
them with cheers and tears of joy.
An appreciative director of defence
Information (DDI), Col. Rabe
Abubakar, enthused, “these terrorists
have been subdued, even if they are
adopting other means and are re-
strategising, we are also doing the
same and pre-empting them.
“So, right now, they are completely
in disarray, have no command and
control of where to plan. We have
even taken over their camps that
most of them abandoned and are
attempting to blend into towns and
communities. We have also
apprehended some of them and very
soon, innocent Nigerians can move
back to their communities.”

Source: Naijaloaded