Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Zulum has welcomed
the appointment of new service chiefs by the President, Major General Muhammadu
Buhari (retd.), promising to continue to support them in the ongoing fight
against insurgency.
The governor expressed gratitude to the former Chief of Army
Staff, Lt. General Tukur Buratai, and the former Chief of Air Staff, Air
Marshall Abubakar Sadique, whom he said worked closely with his government in
the fight against Boko Haram.
Zulum made the comment on Tuesday night in Maiduguri, when
some journalists sought his reaction to the President’s action.
He said, “The outgoing service chiefs have been with us in
the last six years, and during these eventful and challenging years, they
immensely contributed to ongoing peacebuilding efforts through the fight
against Boko Haram, and they helped in other developmental efforts.
“Our rebuilding and resettlement efforts are only possible
because of the combined efforts of Lieutenant General Buratai as Chief of Army
Staff, Air Marshall Sadique as Chief of Air Staff, of course with so much
contribution from other service chiefs, intelligence bodies, police,
paramilitary and volunteers.
“We can’t ignore these huge contributions, but then, as we
all know, everything has an appointed time, we thank all the outgoing service
chiefs for their contributions and we wish them the best in future endeavours.
“As for the incoming, especially, Gen. Leo Irabor who is
Chief of Defence Staff, and General Attahiru, the COAS, both of them have
worked here in Borno as theatre commanders of operation Lafiya Dole, they know
all the issues and I am sure they will hit the ground running. The Borno State
Government will accord them the same maximum support we gave their
predecessors, and we will continue in our own roles in supporting the military
with logistics as we have been regularly doing, we will sustain our
mobilization of communities for intelligence gathering, funding operations of
thousands of volunteers, praying for our troops and volunteers in front lines
and supporting their families as we have been doing.”
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