The Minister of Defence, Maj.-Gen. Bashir Magashi (retd), on Tuesday met with Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Tukur Buratai behind closed door in his office in Abuja.
Special Assistant Media and Publicity to the Minister, Mohammad Abdulkadri, in a statement, stated that the Army Chief’s visit was to give the Minister operational brief after his return from the frontline in the North-east.
According to the statement, “Buratai’s visit to the Minister of Defence is less than 24 hours after briefing President Muhammadu Buhari at the State House.”
Buratai has been in the epicenter of counter terrorism operations in the North-east for over two months.
The statement added that, “Although , the blow -by- blow accounts of the operational briefs by Lt Gen Buratai to the Minister of Defence were not disclosed to the Media, but it is implied that it cannot be far-fetched from what are trending in the public and Media domains.
“They included, the fire powers of the troops that neutralised 1,429 Boko Haram terrorists and the arrest of the informants of the criminal elements as well as decisive and aggressive posture and high morale of the troops in prosecuting the new battle plans under his command.
“Again, part of the issues supposedly discussed in the security briefs covered classified informations and strategic battle plans which cannot be publicised so as not to compromise and undermine the technicality and tacticalility of the war proceedings.”
