The Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai has urged the army to intensify attacks against Boko Haram fighters in the North Eastern part of the country.

Buratai said this while speaking with journalists shortly after declaring open a seminar with the theme ‘Assessing the threats of Boko Haram insurgency in Nigeria’ at the Nigerian Army Resource Centre, Abuja on Monday.

The COAS was reacting to the death of Army hero, Lt. Colonel Muhammed Abu Ali.

Buratai said it was time to find a permanent solution to the menace of insurgency in the country.

He said, “It is incumbent on  all of us to really reflect, to understand that we are really in a situation where need to ensure that the fight against insurgency received total support from everybody. 

“This a loss too many that we just have to find a collective effort by all Nigerians and indeed globally to ensure that terrorism is seriously fought to the end. It is a situation where we really need to work together, to synergise together.”

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