The Nigerian Army has reacted to news circulating on social media that Chief of Army staff, Tukur Buratai was ambushed and wounded by Boko Haram terrorists.
In a press release issued by Director Army Public Relations, Brigadier General Sani Kukasheka Usman, the army asked the general public to disregard the news.
In a press release issued by Director Army Public Relations, Brigadier General Sani Kukasheka Usman, the army asked the general public to disregard the news.
The statement reads:
"The attention of the Nigerian Army has been drawn to an online publication circulating mostly on the Social Media that the Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Tukur Yusufu Buratai, has been wounded in an alleged ambush by Boko Haram terrorists at an unnamed location in the North East while on his way to pay troops courtesy. This is not true.
The Chief of Army Staff has not been involved in any ambush. In any case, there was no any recently reported ambush against any of our troops anywhere let alone in the North East.
