Nigeria Army to establish Special Forces Brigade at Sambisa Forest

Chief of Army Staff, Maj. Gen. Tukur Buratai

The Chief of Army Staff, Maj. Gen. Tukur Buratai, may have concluded plans to establish a Special Task Force Battalion to be located in the dreaded Sambisa Forest.

It was learnt on Sunday that the establishment of the new brigade was meant to take the battle to the insurgents in their stronghold and operational domain.

It was gathered also that the plan to establish the force brigade was part of efforts to re-organise the Army.
Sunday PUNCH had exclusively reported that the Army had dissolved its court-martial.
According to the report, cases of some soldiers will also be revisited.

The Army spokesman, Col Sani Umar, had on Saturday said that the force was reviewing all recent
disciplinary cases due to the wave of litigation by some aggrieved personnel.

We will make Boko Haram beg for peace - Chief of Army Staff says

  

The Chief of Army staff, Maj. Gen Tukur Buratai says Boko Haram will either beg for peace or face the full wrath of Nigerian soldiers. He said this will addressing Nigerian troops stationed in Borno state yesterday July 19th. According to Maj Buratai, the operational name of the troops in Borno state will now be changed from “Operation Zaman Lafiya” to 'Operation Zaman Lafiya Dole' which in Hausa language means ‘the quest for peace becomes a must’.